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Taking Away John Brennan's Clearance Threatens National Security

Taking Away John Brennan's Clearance Threatens National Security

Taking Away John Brennan's Clearance Threatens National Security

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

August 21, 20185m 55s

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In a move that has shocked career national security officials, President Trump stripped former CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance this week, and announced he was considering doing so for a host of others. The move so enraged retired Navy Admiral William McRaven—the man who oversaw the killing of Osama Bin Laden—that he wrote an op-ed telling Trump to revoke his clearance too, in solidarity with Brennan.

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