President Donald Trump tweeted Monday morning that those former intelligence officials who had emerged publicly to defend former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan had done so to protect their economic interests.
The establishment media did not care when the Obama administration called for the aggressive scrubbing of security clearances back in 2013.
Bloomberg’s Eli Lake refuted former CIA Director John Brennan’s claim that President Donald Trump is trying to “silence” him during an interview Monday on “Fox & Friends.” Lake argued the president is instead elevating Brennan as the “face” of resistance.
Monday, former Speaker Newt Gingrich ripped former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan, saying he “should never have been” in that position. Gingrich argued on “Fox & Friends” that Brennan is political, “lacking in common sense” and lied
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan told NBC News’ Chuck Todd on Sunday’s Meet the Press that he learned since retiring that Russians began hacking Hillary Clinton’s emails on the day Donald Trump joked about it in July 2016.
The potential racism in a white contributor (Philip Mudd) telling a black contributor (Paris Dennard) to “get out” for telling the truth was somehow lost on CNN.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed solidarity with President Trump’s stripping of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance earlier this week.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said Friday he intends to present an amendment to “block” President Trump from “arbitrarily revoking security clearances.”
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton stated that what frightens him about the removal of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance is the creation of a precedent that people in intelligence can’t speak
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he has a hard time getting worked up over the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. Brooks said, “I mean, he’s politicized something that probably shouldn’t be
“He’s drunk on power. He really is, and I think he’s abusing the powers of that office,” Brennan said in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow after the president revoked his security clearance.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” former CIA Director John Brennan stated that he didn’t mean President Trump committed treason when he referred to the president’s performance at the Helsinki summit as “nothing short of treasonous.” Host Rachel
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” former CIA Director John Brennan stated that he has heard from lawyers who say “there is a very strong case” to take legal action to prevent the president from revoking more security
President Donald Trump said Friday he never respected former CIA director John Brennan, which was partially why he withdrew his security clearance.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Scott Taylor (R-VA) stated that while former CIA Director John Brennan’s behavior has “skirted the line,” removing his security clearance is “a bad precedent.” Taylor said, “I think that, more to what
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) criticized President Trump’s removal of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance as “kind of a banana republic kind of thing.” And part of a “tearing
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stated that Republicans in Congress should stand up as patriots speak out against “McCarthy-era tactics” and denounce the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. Van
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX) stated that the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance is “a clear abuse of power,” and “a mark of an authoritarian dictator,” rather than a democratically-elected president.
Wednesday, conservative talker Mark Levin appeared on “Hannity” to share his reaction to President Donald Trump revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance and the response by the media. “[W]e have never had a former Communist who, literally, we
CNN’s Jim Sciutto erroneously reported DNI Coats was not consulted in the decision to revoke ex-CIA Chief Brennan’s security clearance.
Former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan published an op-ed in the New York Times on Thursday arguing that President Donald Trump had stripped his security credentials on Wednesday to cover up his campaign’s collusion with Russia in 2016.
Former President Barack Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice voiced her support for former CIA director John Brennan after President Donald Trump removed his security clearance.
Hillary Clinton’s longtime adviser Philippe Reines asserts former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance being revoked “confirms” the existence of an audio recording with President Donald Trump uttering the n-word.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) stated that the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance is “a striking move towards authoritarianism.” Beyer said, “[T]his is a striking move towards authoritarianism. You know,
While speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) stated that the White House revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance “smacks of Nixonian-type practices of trying to silence anyone who’s willing to criticize
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan called President Donald Trump’s decision Wednesday to revoke his security clearance an “attempt to suppress freedom of speech” and to “punish critics.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” former CIA Director John Brennan reacted to the revocation of his security clearance by stating he believes the action is intended to “intimidate and suppress” criticism of the Trump administration and that
On Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reacted to the revocation of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance and the prospect of the White House revoking other security clearances by saying the bigger issue is an
A handful of Hollywood personalities immediately began to fume over President Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement that he would revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.
The White House announced Wednesday that the administration is revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance.
A report claims that members of the intelligence community privately support revoking the security clearances of former CIA Director John Brennan and ex-DNI Head James Clapper.
Clear evidence concerning the bias of multiple, high-ranking current and former intelligence community officials should make us think twice about letting retired intelligence officials keep access to classified information, especially if they become talking heads on television after leaving public service.
NEW YORK — Amid reports that President Trump is exploring the possibility of removing security clearances from former top officials from the Obama administration, it may be instructive to take a closer look at former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s recently released book.
President Donald Trump has started “the mechanism” for pulling security clearances from “certain individuals,” a White House aide revealed Tuesday.
Late Show host Stephen Colbert ripped President Donald Trump’s threat to take away certain individuals security clearances on Tuesday, describing him as a “racist, horny old burger-goblin who steals children from poor people.”
NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian suggested Monday that President Donald Trump would hurt the livelihoods of Obama administration alumni by taking away the “valuable commodity” of their security clearances.
Former CIA director John Brennan continued to criticize President Donald Trump, demanding a “smarter” and “more sophisticated” approach to Iran and China.
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is asking his Twitter followers to consider why President Trump has yet to publicly criticize Putin.
During Monday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated President Trump is looking to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance and also looking into the clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, former
“Not only is the president looking to take away Brennan’s security clearance, he’s also looking into the security clearances of Comey, Clapper, Rice and McCabe,” Sanders said during the White House press briefing.