President Donald Trump is taking the intelligence security clearances of CIA director John Brennan and threatening others to make it appear that they have done something wrong.
Russell E. Glass
If revoking the clearances from people, not for any for national security reasons, or for any personal violations of rules or protocols, but only for the reason of criticizing the president or for being involved in an investigation of his administration isn’t the textbook defini- tion of abuse of power, then there can be no such thing as “abuse of power.” Pete Miller
It has nothing to do with whether or not the people threatened by the president should have a clearance in the first place. This move is to silence his critics and obstruct the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Brian Mitrzyk
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