{"id":102505,"date":"2018-08-20T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T15:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=102505"},"modified":"2018-08-20T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T15:09:56","slug":"national-security-risk-john-brennan-to-sue-trump-administration-after-clearance-yanked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=102505","title":{"rendered":"National Security Risk John Brennan to Sue Trump Administration After Clearance Yanked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Trump Taunts &#8220;Worst CIA Director&#8221;, &#8220;Political Hack&#8221; Brennan Over Lawsuit Threat<\/h1>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s ongoing battle with John Brennan escalated over the weekend, when\u00a0the\u00a0former CIA Director\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-19\/furious-john-brennan-may-sue-trump-after-security-clearance-revoked\">threatened to sue<\/a>\u00a0the Trump administration after his security clearance was stripped.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20brennan.png?itok=7Y647nD5\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20brennan.png?itok=7Y647nD5\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20brennan.png\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20brennan.png?itok=7Y647nD5 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e3a47d56-3901-4d26-a163-e8acb507f128\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a Sunday interview with\u00a0<em>NBC<\/em>&#8216;s Chuck Todd, Brennan blasted Trump for what he calls an &#8220;egregious abuse of power and authority,&#8221; adding that he&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;been contacted by a\u00a0 number of lawyers&#8221; who have advised him on legal options &#8211; including the possibility of suing the Trump administration for\u00a0an injunction to stop more clearances\u00a0from being revoked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Former CIA Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnBrennan<\/a> says, &#39;I have been contacted by a number of lawyers.&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MTP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MTP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IfItsSunday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IfItsSunday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BnnpG33kgU\">pic.twitter.com\/BnnpG33kgU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1031181985077706752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, President Trump hit back &#8211; tweeting &#8220;<strong>I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country\u2019s history, brings a lawsuit.<\/strong>\u00a0It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but\u00a0<strong>how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt<\/strong>. He won\u2019t sue!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country\u2019s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won\u2019t sue!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031544711717302272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up tweet, Trump said &#8220;Everybody wants to keep their Security Clearance, it\u2019s worth great prestige and big dollars, even board seats, and that is why certain people are coming forward to protect Brennan. It certainly isn\u2019t because of the good job he did! He is a political \u201chack.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everybody wants to keep their Security Clearance, it\u2019s worth great prestige and big dollars, even board seats, and that is why certain people are coming forward to protect Brennan. It certainly isn\u2019t because of the good job he did! He is a political \u201chack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1031547390644420613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the White House announced that it was revoking Brennan&#8217;s clearance, and that\u00a0the status of other former officials was under review. Critics have accused the White House of trying to silence political opponents.\u00a0&#8220;Trump says he is reviewing security clearances for nine other individuals:\u00a0<strong>James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr<\/strong>. Some have been publicly critical of the president, while others are linked to special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation into Russian election interference,&#8221; wrote the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/federal_government\/after-brennan-9-others-face-losing-security-clearances-too\/2018\/08\/15\/e419b8f2-a0d5-11e8-a3dd-2a1991f075d5_story.html?utm_term=.bfd0e951f6d7\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blowback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brennan has taken flack over his recent outbursts, including\u00a0accusing President Trump of treason (which MSNBC&#8217;s\u00a0Rachel Maddow of all people took him to task over).<\/p>\n<p>Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper threw former CIA Director John Brennan under the bus on Sunday, telling CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; that &#8220;John and his rhetoric have become an issue in and of itself,&#8221; adding &#8220;John is subtle like a freight train and he&#8217;s gonna say what&#8217;s on his mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid555887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKoWAoImiUE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brennan&#8217;s increasingly inflammatory commentary of late has also drawn the attention of Congressional GOP.\u00a0On Thursday, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) slammed Brennan for &#8220;purport[ing] to know, as fact, that the Trump campaign colluded with a foreign power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>If his statement is based on intelligence he has seen since leaving office, it constitutes an intelligence breach<\/strong>. If he has some other personal knowledge of or evidence of collusion, it should be disclosed to the special counsel, not The New York Times,&#8221; said Burr, who added that Trump had the &#8220;full authority&#8221; to rescind Brennan&#8217;s clearance if the former CIA Director&#8217;s statements were &#8220;purely politicial and based on conjecture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday&#8217;s broadcast of\u00a0<em>MSNBC<\/em>&#8216;s &#8220;Rachel Maddow Show,&#8221; Brennan defiantly stood behind his\u00a0statement that Trump committed treason\u00a0during the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he called &#8220;nothing short of treasonous,&#8221; before walking it back moments later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After Helsinki, you were stark, and even a little bit scary in your criticism of his behavior. You said it rose to treason,&#8221; said Maddow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said it was nothing short of treasonous,&#8221; replied Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow pushed back: &#8220;In this current controversy, that specific comment has been singled out by a number of people as a comment that maybe, by you, crossed the line, that was maybe \u2013.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crossed what line?&#8221; Brennan responded.<\/p>\n<p>Maddow said that she wasn&#8217;t going to question Brennan&#8217;s right to his remarks, though then asked\u00a0&#8220;But do you stand by that consideration, and can you explain, can you elaborate what you mean by treasonous? It\u2019s a very serious allegation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brennan answered: &#8220;<strong>I know what the Russians did in interfering in the election. I have 100% confidence in what they did. And for Mr. Trump to stand on that stage in Helsinki, with all the world\u2019s eyes upon him, and to basically [say] he wouldn\u2019t \u2014 he doesn\u2019t understand why would the Russians interfere in the election.<\/strong>\u00a0He\u2019s given Mr. Putin and the Russians a pass time after time after time, and he keeps referring to this whole investigation as a witch hunt, as bogus, as \u2014 and to me, this was an attack against the foundational principle of our great republic, which is, the right of all Americans to choose their elected leaders. And for Mr. Trump to so cavalierly just dismiss that, yes, sometimes my Irish comes out, and \u2014 in my tweets, and I did say that it rises to and exceeds the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and is nothing short of treasonous. \u2026\u00a0<strong>I didn\u2019t mean that he committed treason, but it was a term that I used, nothing short of treasonous.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember when John Brennan said Trump&#39;s behavior was &quot;treasonous&quot;? Turns out he didn&#39;t mean it: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PVm7mVkiJ5\">pic.twitter.com\/PVm7mVkiJ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Mat\u00e9 (@aaronjmate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1030842945333805056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-20\/trump-taunts-worst-cia-director-political-hack-brennan-over-lawsuit-threat\">Trump Taunts &#8220;Worst CIA Director&#8221;, &#8220;Political Hack&#8221; Brennan Over Lawsuit Threat | Zero Hedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}