Posted on 08/15/2018 6:33:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Comey: Trump revoking Brennan's security clearance shows 'he will punish people who disagree with him'
Former FBI Director James Comey hit back at President Trump for revoking former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, saying Trump is “sending a message that he will punish people who disagree with him and reward those who praise him.”
Comey said in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday evening that in a democracy “security clearances should not be used as pawns in a petty political game to distract voters from even bigger problems.”
The former FBI director also criticized Trump for praising “despots and dictators like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un” and attacking people like “a war hero like [Sen.] John McCain [R-Ariz.], members of our country’s free press, and devoted public servants like John Brennan.”
“American voters must not shrug off or be distracted from the terrible behaviors of his president, who lies to the American people every day, encourages racism, is a misogynist, and always puts his own interests above those of the United State of America,” Comey wrote.
“Politicians enabling this president should be held accountable in future elections,” he continued. “We are each responsible for what we way as well as for our silence.”
The White House announced earlier Wednesday that Trump had revoked Brennan's security clearance.
The president in a statement claimed Brennan, who is a frequent and vocal critic of Trump, was using his former government official status to make “unfounded and outrageous” charges about his administration.
“Mr. Brennan’s lying and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nation’s most closely held secrets and facilities, the very aim of our adversaries, which is to sow division and chaos,” Trump said in a statement read by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Sanders denied that the move was in response to Brennan's criticism; many Trump critics, including Democratic lawmakers, asserted that it was.
Brennan fired back after the decision was announced, saying Trump was trying "to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him or his administration" but adding that the move would not silence him.
Comey has also been highly critical of the president, targeting Trump in a book published earlier this year. Trump fired Comey last year.
Comey brought great shame on the FBI and should hold his tongue.
No one is entitled to a clearance.
It’s not a right. It’s a privilege, and is contingent on demonstrated need to know.
Showing that you harbor animus towards the current government, are possibly a threat because of that, and having no demonstrated need to know means you shouldn’t have that clearance.
And it doesn’t matter that you once were the Director of the CIA. You’re just a former employee of the government, nothing more.
Well...I HOPE SO!!! You traitorous piece of garbage
Good! More winning, and I’m m still not tired of it.
When will this jackass learn to shut the F up?
Who?
Comey is sending out a dare so the media has something to bitch about.
Remember, Hillary did not lose this election. The Media did, and they don’t like it one bit.
How many more leftists from Obammy’s corrupt administration still have theirs?????? Does Little Lotta still have hers????
Yes, and they do need punishing, within an inch of their stinking lives.
Brennan needs a tar and feathering. Revoking that scumbag’s security clearance should have been done 1.20.17.
The question is not “Why was Brennan’s clearance revoked?”
The question is “Why was Brennan’s clearance NOT revoked when he left office?”
...Comey: Trump revoking Brennan’s security clearance shows ‘he will punish people...
Is he referring to a guy who passed on bogus dossier information to Harry Reid who passed it on to the FBI who used it in getting a baseless warrant?
I almost urped up in my mouth when I read that.
Imagine, Comey lecturing Trump on honesty and ethical behavior.
Isn't there an oxymoron in there someplace?
Perhaps someone should mention to James that Trump is the president. That might explain the whole reward / punish thing.
I’m still waiting for some genius leftard to explain to me why Brennan should have access to the nation’s secrets.
SHUT UP! YOU’RE NEXT!
“I’m still waiting for some genius leftard to explain to me why Brennan should have access to the nation’s secrets.”
Or who in this administration has asked Brennan for advice?
Yes he should. What surprises me, is that if a chump like him, and those other slime bags, have been fired for cause, I thought their security clearance went too.
Yes, and your point is what, Agent Weasel?
Losing his security clearance is the least of John Brennan’s problems. Treason and sedition are capital crimes, and Brennan has been a ring leader in the plot against our elected president.
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