I'd like to point out that the very fact this attack on former CIA chief John Brennan was announced almost a month after it happened proves 1) Trump was waiting to use it as a distraction, and 2) if this wasn't political retribution, why announce it at a White House press briefing?
Rand Paul praises Trump for revoking Brennan's security clearance after he recommended it https://t.co/4jpls71HRZ pic.twitter.com/LcULmBpjcL
— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2018
ICYMI: @NicolleDWallace 's full interview with @JohnBrennan https://t.co/XqworG7CIM
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) August 15, 2018
Pres. Trump’s decision to strip former CIA Director John Brennan of his long-held security clearance "smacks of Nixonian-type practices," says Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Mark Warner. https://t.co/v1sgkKldu6 pic.twitter.com/oWBqjBDAxc
— ABC News (@ABC) August 15, 2018
In the time I have known him, John Brennan has never been afraid to speak up and give it to you straight. Revoking his security clearance is an act unbecoming of a President. If you think it will silence John, then you just don't know the man.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 15, 2018
Mark Warner on Brennan: "I worry whether this precedent is going to somehow lead to the president trying to take away Mueller and his whole team's security clearances. This is clearly another effort to ... not allow the Mueller investigation ... to get to the bottom of this."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 15, 2018
Clapper: Trump revoking Brennan's security clearance is an "infringement" on free speech https://t.co/2J3421559Q pic.twitter.com/Ic6Ra5GZ0X
— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2018
That Trump didn’t even ask his own Director of National Intelligence before revoking John Brennan’s security clearance tells you everything you need to know.
This was political retribution, pure and simple. https://t.co/JusrUvZvwm— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) August 15, 2018
.@NBCNightlyNews is on the air @LesterHoltNBC @KWelkerNBC on NBC News analyst @JohnBrennan's unprecendented loss of security clearance despite no claim he violated security or divulged classified material
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 15, 2018
#DrainTheSwamp – Joseph diGenova: This is a glorious moment for the country. An evil man has lost something he’s not entitled to. John Brennan is the worst CIA director in history. He betrayed his country with the plot against President @realDonaldTrump. #MAGA #TrumpTrain #Dobbs pic.twitter.com/5RlqgU0KPx
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) August 15, 2018
The @ACLU spent years denouncing - and suing over - John Brennan & the Obama Admin's multiple human rights and legal abuses. But they also today denounced Trump's revocation of Brennan's security clearance on the ground that it's designed to punish critics in violation of the 1A: pic.twitter.com/Wi6sDWkivO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 15, 2018
