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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

News Alert: Trump revokes Brennan's security clearance

 
 
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Trump revokes Brennan's security clearance
President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, casting it as necessary to protect national security.

Brennan has been a visceral critic of Trump's presidency, regularly eviscerating him on Twitter. The possibility of him losing his security clearance had previously been raised.

"As the head of the executive branch and the commander in chief, I have a unique constitutional responsibility to protect the nation's classified information, including by controlling access to it," Trump said in a statement, read by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Wednesday's press briefing.
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