Stormy Security Clearances: Trump Ready To Strip
Following last niGHT’S LOUD VOLUME TWEETS AT IRAN, TRUmp is back in the news & ready to strip… some security clearances. Heyyyyo.
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According to CBS News:
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump is “exploring” taking away the security clearances of a variety of former intelligence chiefs in light of their comments on the president’s claims on Russian interference, claiming officials are “politicizing” government agencies and “monetizing” their political offices.
I guess this whole thing was rustled up by Sen. Rand Paul & then it escalated.
The following are listed as those who stand to lose their clearances, though TBH, I’m not even sure if they all still have them or need/use them.
-FBI Director James Comey
-Former CIA Director John Brennan
-Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
-Former Director of National Security Agency Gen. Michael Hayden
-Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice
-Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe
Once you’re accepted for a security clearance it’s usually good for 5 years but can be adjusted/revoked. If I had to guess I’d say this is just another distraction from who knows what in this wacky political circus and it’s best to just ignore but here I am writing about it for reasons I don’t understand at this point in the blog and the more I try to understand it all the more I just spiral & ramble and
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Anyways, some on this list have already spoken out to say it means nothing since they either already lost it or don’t go to briefings anymore anyway.
Gen. Hayden told CBS News’ Olivia Gazis in an email that he doesn’t “go back for classified briefings. Won’t have any effect on what I say or write.” A spokesperson for McCabe, meanwhile, said that his clearance had already been deactivated when he was fired from his position with the FBI.
In the meantime, clearance-stripping aside, the rambling wheels of President Twitter roll on… Business as usual, carry on.