ABC News reports:
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Wednesday that President Trump is revoking the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. Former directors of intelligence agencies are generally granted security clearance as a courtesy.
Sanders also said that Trump is considering revokes the clearances of former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and former FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
JUST IN: Sarah Sanders reads statement from Pres. Trump revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/d4YyjzLbH0
— ABC News (@ABC) August 15, 2018
Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance Trump is revoking today, was on MSNBC last night and on Twitter saying Trump fails to live up to minimum standards of decency and does not understand what it takes to be an honest person.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2018
trump just revoked former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance.
What a vindictive little bitch.
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) August 15, 2018
BREAKING: Trump revokes former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance in a lengthy statement that attacks Brennan’s “erratic” behavior and lack of “credibility” in a TRANSPARENT attempt to damage his professional reputation in advance of him being a witness against Trump.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 15, 2018
Trump will revoke John Brennan’s security clearance, Sarah Sanders announces, retaliating against a critic of the president
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 15, 2018
It’s astounding how often you fail to live up to minimum standards of decency, civility, & probity. Seems like you will never understand what it means to be president, nor what it takes to be a good, decent, & honest person. So disheartening, so dangerous for our Nation. https://t.co/eI9HaCec1m
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) August 14, 2018