Posted on 08/18/2018 3:48:36 PM PDT by davikkm
Brooks continued, “A lot of us don’t have security clearances. It doesn’t seem to be a problem in life. The reason they keep people on security clearance after their time in office is so they can offer advice. And I think, frankly, it’s a little of a vanity thing, that people get to say, I still have my security clearance. And so, when it’s taken away — but John Brennan wasn’t giving the Trump administration advice anyway. And so the idea they have to live without security clearance after they’ve been out of office doesn’t strike me as one of Donald Trump’s most massive transgressions in office. It doesn’t strike me particularly as a free speech issue. … I guess there’s some disadvantage, career disadvantage, to people who are — who may be younger, but of the top 5,000 Trump transgressions, I would not put this high on the charts.”
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Having a security clearance is a privilege, not a right. Brennan lost that privilege all on his very own.
David Brooks saying something sane. That’s a switch.
How do you like Trump’s pant creases, Davey?
ITEM——Hillary Clinton ran in the 2008 and 2016 democratic primaries----and in the 2016 general election.
ITEM——S/C Mueller “uncovered” that the "Russian collusion scheme" apparently "materialized sometime in 2014.
Now, here’s the $64,000 question not addressed———
Why didn’t the CIA or the NSA or the FBI pick this up?
Were Obama’s PDB’s falsified? Probably---Brennan knew the Halfrican was too stupid to catch on.
Brennan got outed as calculatedly working the phony "pee dossier" into Obama's PDB.
Dates are important b/c Snowden’s’ revelations indicate Obama’s government spying apparatus began capturing all electronic data on Americans in 2001.
The Obama police state had a lot of help---govt mastered the capture of all keystrokes, telephone calls and digital traffic by 2005.
This we know:
<><>(A) traffic travels through FBI computers, and,
<><> (B) the CIA keeps constant tabs on Russian spies in Russia....... and elsewhere.
Again. Why didn’t the CIA or the NSA or the FBI pick this up?
It’s because Brooks realizes the people are on Trump’s side in this instance and he wants the press to move on.
CBS News this evening reported that Trump revoked Brennan’s clearance for being a critic of Trump, not mentioning Brennan’s “criticism” included saying Trump had committed treason, and certainly did not mention the other issues with Brennan. They also indicated Trump was planning on possibly revoking the security clearance of Bruce Ohr - they referred to Ohr as a “current Justice Department employee.” They made no mention of his wife working for Fusion GPS, his connections to Christopher Steele, nor mentioned the e-mails released this past week indicating they were concerned about their operation being exposed because of James Comey being fired. The report was essentially a lie.
The report was essentially a lie.
C BS. Could have been anything but????
...John Brennan wasn’t giving the Trump administration advice anyway...
Nor, has it silenced his BS.
His knickers may not be in a twist, but do his trousers have a crisp crease?
This guy Brooks has a an underwear Obsession I think. From the looks of things I think he prefers used to new.
Nevertheless this comment borders on the sane, which as you said is a big surprise.
It’s givenon a need to know basis. Brennan has no need
When the CIA head lies to Congress, has spied on Congress, sets up Harry Reid to keak the Pee Pee Dossuer, leaked about a double-agent in the underwear bomber case to the media, and engineers a method to abuse foreign intelligence agencies to help spy on political opponents, then uses his reputation to monetize his knowledge to do sensational news stories as a newly minted media celebrity, SURE...a reasonable person would say his security clearance should be revoked. A reasonable person would think he committed crimes.
As far as Trump suppressing the free speech of this crook, the minute his clearance is revoked, Brennan Tweets, writes a op-ed for a flagship icon of the MSM, and appears in multiple interviews. I didn't see him muzzled, suppressed, or silenced. Quite the opposite; he exploits the revocation by speaking louder as the prime spokesmodel of the Resistance Movement (on par with low IQ Maxine Waters) and gains sympathy from other Deep Staters who should also have their credentials pulled.
Brennan needs to be arrested for many reasons.
Bill Clinton fired 93 Attorneys General in 1993 (including Jeff Sessions) but the media only freaked when Bush fired 8 in 2006 calling it politically motivated and controversial.
I hope Trump lets the media run with their appoplectic clearance revocation story before proving they were fed the FISA court petition, in full, by the top level plotters of spygate. Remember, they spied on Angela Merkle and Congress too.
I think the appropriate response to the LEFT’s hysterics is who does Trump think he is? The President?
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