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The Reexamination of Security Clearances Was Long Overdue
National Review ^ | August 21, 2018 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 08/22/2018 11:52:41 AM PDT by yoe

Much has been written about former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd’s recent unhinged outburst on CNN against Paris Dennard for the latter’s credible suggestion that many ex-officials have monetized the fact that they have retained their security clearances.

[snip] In August 2017, Mudd warned a stunned Jake Tapper on CNN that “the government is going to kill this guy [President Trump].”

[snip]Mudd further preened about his assassination allusions as “a former government official”: “What I’m saying is government — people talk about the deep state — when you disrespect government officials who’ve done 30 years, they’re going to say, ‘Really?’”

[snip]Mudd seems to have been giving credence to the earlier warnings of Chuck Schumer (“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you”) and the later tweet of Samantha Power (“Not a good idea to piss off John Brennan"...)

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: securityclearances; vdh; victordavishanson
Robert Muller is going to bring this POTUS down with the help of Obama's (OFA) and many networks of leftist nonprofits. Decades of Liberal teaching has left this nation with far too many air-for-brains Socialists.


1 posted on 08/22/2018 11:52:41 AM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

Hillary doesn’t need one ,she can’t even navigate stairs anymore


2 posted on 08/22/2018 11:53:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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John Brennan Revoked the Security Clearances of Benghazi Heroes
Independent Sentinel ^ | 8/17/18 | S. Noble
FR Posted on 8/21/2018, 4:41:07 AM by Libloather

**SNIP** Paronto said he never shared intel but his security clearance was removed by Brennan. Brennan never told him why. He blasted Brennan for the way the heroes of Benghazi were treated upon return. “We come back from being on the ground to be treated as a second-class citizen. You come back and you’re called a liar,” Paronto told Fox News. “Brennan came in and there was no talk of ‘hey, good job guys,’ not that you look for it, but instead, it was ‘don’t say anything guys, we don’t want the truth to get out.’”He didn’t let up on Twitter. (Excerpt) Read more at independentsentinel.com ...

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NOTE: Paronto is a former Special Forces officer, a surviving member of a six-man security team who was given “stand down” orders from Hussein / Hillary / Brennan following the distress calls concerning a planned Jihad attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi. General Carter Ham received the same e-mails the White House received requesting help as the planned attack was taking place - immediately he said that he had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready... General Ham, was then given the order to Stand Down during the attack; which he protested... Therefore, he was relieved of Command of AFRICOM and physically removed from his TOC, Tactical Operations Center by Cankles Deep State pals. Also relieved was the admiral in command of an aircraft carrier strike group in the Middle East, Rear Adm. Charles M. Gaouette during its deployment.

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POINTS TO PONDER---Some say that if Amb Stevens would be alive today if he had just “donated” $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary would have been all-ears---she would have answered one of his many urgent phone calls about Benghazi’s lax “security” All of this was confirmed in Hillary’s “missing” e-Mails that she savagely smashed and bleached-bit.

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We need to determine whether Amb Stevens ever received a solicitation letter from the Clinton Foundation.....
AND whether other US Ambassadors were asked to donate.

3 posted on 08/22/2018 12:02:51 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: yoe
Thanks


4 posted on 08/22/2018 12:06:41 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Out of about 6 million people in the DC area, Trump is the only one not colluding with anyone!!!)
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Every swinging Deep State dick on that letter supporting Brennon should have their clearances revoked for life.


5 posted on 08/22/2018 12:07:24 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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I agree 100%. This further proves that the DEEP STATE corruption goes beyond what most expected. Thank God for President Trump and what he is doing. The Left is in full court press bolstered by the MEDIA.


6 posted on 08/22/2018 12:25:08 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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It’s real simple, “need to know” is the only criteria.


7 posted on 08/22/2018 12:32:26 PM PDT by gandalftb
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Is the Executive the only branch that issues security clearances? I cannot imagine the Legislative or Judicial issuing their own.
8 posted on 08/22/2018 12:39:25 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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If it happens it’s only because Republicans insist on bringing knives to gunfights. There is no way in hell that a Democratic Attorney General would’ve let a Democratic President twist in the wind the way Sessions has. Nor would any Democratic Senators have ever lent any credence to the kind of unproven, malicious accusations that have been the subject of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Trump-Russia probe. Trump is basically out there fighting the Deep State as a one-man army.


9 posted on 08/22/2018 1:19:36 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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Is the Executive the only branch that issues security clearances? I cannot imagine the Legislative or Judicial issuing their own.
I dunno . . . judges put documents under “seal”, and someone has to have custody of them. If they are “sealed” the president may not have legitimate access to them.

10 posted on 08/22/2018 2:56:59 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Journalism promotes itself - and promotes big government - by speaking ill of society.)
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Yup, DOD and everbody else gets cleared by the FBI.


11 posted on 08/22/2018 2:59:40 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Behind the Blue Wall; All
Trump is basically out there fighting the Deep State as a one-man army.

I disagree. Trump is a magician with one hand saying "watch over here RUSSIA Russia and with the other hand (I believe Sessions is) stocking up over 45, 000 sealed indictments against the swamp (D's and R's mostly pedophiles.)

Used to make some "either quit or we will open the indictments against you"… LOTS of Congressmen have chosen not to run… like mine Joe Barton texted his junk to his mistress!

I can't wait for the day they have enough clean R's to start arresting. Rather get Killery for child pedo than emails.

So the swamp is draining even before the indictments are unsealed. I believe Trump has Sessions working behind the scenes.

12 posted on 08/23/2018 5:46:25 AM PDT by The Bat Lady (Drain the Swamp no matter what letter is after the name, D or R doesn't matter!)
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I certainly hope you’re right. I wrote a Vanity arguing the same thing about six months ago. Every day that goes by and I see Trumpers facing indictments, trials and the slammer while everyone in the Deep State remains protected, I find it harder and harder to believe that Sessions is one of the good guys. It looks to me like he just didn’t have the cajones to stand in the line of fire headed Trump’s way.


13 posted on 08/23/2018 7:27:14 AM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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Funny how I lost all access to any private-sector business the day I left it.


14 posted on 08/23/2018 3:02:41 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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