Just like you would expect some agree, some don't but there reasoning in some
cases are flawed.
Solid reasoning:
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the chamber's second-ranking Republican, said Thursday
he doesn't understand why former employees have access to classified information at all.
And Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, said it was Trump's "prerogative" to pull
security clearances.
Not so solid reasoning:
Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a
Tennessee Republican who's not running for re-election, repeated to CNN on Thursday his
comparison that the President's move to strip Brennan's clearance is like a "banana republic."
Corker said Trump's behavior is symptomatic of how the President is "continual tearing down
institutions causing Americans to lose faith in institutions instead of building them up that's
what made our country function the way that it is.
Really? It's called draining the swamp and it's a good thing you're leaving because it appears you're part of it.
Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Wednesday that while Brennan has been "far too
political in his statements," she did not see a need to revoke his clearance.
"I think it's unwise because generally recently retired national security officials have a lot
to contribute," Collins said.
Exactly what has Brennan contributed?
Brennan is the first former national security official to have his security clearance revoked
after the White House announced last month that Trump was considering taking that action against
several of his most vocal critics in the national security world.
In a statement read in the White House briefing room by press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday,
the President explained his decision by saying, "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."
Oh, that must be it.
My reasoning:
Bottom line, Trump is the President, he can revoke anyone's clearance he damn well feels like and there's
not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
cases are flawed.
Solid reasoning:
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the chamber's second-ranking Republican, said Thursday
he doesn't understand why former employees have access to classified information at all.
And Sen. Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, said it was Trump's "prerogative" to pull
security clearances.
Not so solid reasoning:
Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a
Tennessee Republican who's not running for re-election, repeated to CNN on Thursday his
comparison that the President's move to strip Brennan's clearance is like a "banana republic."
Corker said Trump's behavior is symptomatic of how the President is "continual tearing down
institutions causing Americans to lose faith in institutions instead of building them up that's
what made our country function the way that it is.
Really? It's called draining the swamp and it's a good thing you're leaving because it appears you're part of it.
Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Wednesday that while Brennan has been "far too
political in his statements," she did not see a need to revoke his clearance.
"I think it's unwise because generally recently retired national security officials have a lot
to contribute," Collins said.
Exactly what has Brennan contributed?
Brennan is the first former national security official to have his security clearance revoked
after the White House announced last month that Trump was considering taking that action against
several of his most vocal critics in the national security world.
In a statement read in the White House briefing room by press secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday,
the President explained his decision by saying, "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."
Oh, that must be it.
My reasoning:
Bottom line, Trump is the President, he can revoke anyone's clearance he damn well feels like and there's
not a damn thing anyone can do about it.
