{"id":123832,"date":"2019-06-10T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123832"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:01:43","slug":"how-exactly-did-deep-state-prevent-john-brennans-security-clearance-from-being-revoked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123832","title":{"rendered":"How exactly did Deep State<\/i> prevent John Brennan’s security clearance from being revoked?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rand Paul: Deep state protected John Brennan’s security clearance<\/h1>\n

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by Daniel Chaitin
\nThe Washington Examiner<\/p>\n

Sen. Rand Paul suspects someone revoked President Trump’s order to have former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance revoked.<\/p>\n

The president announced in August that Brennan’s security clearance was being stripped due to “erratic behavior” that disqualified him from having access to sensitive information. But the White House never followed through with the complicated bureaucratic process of revocation, a source told the\u00a0New York Times<\/a>\u00a0in a report published last month.<\/p>\n

Asked to comment about it in an interview on CNN, Paul said the “deep state,” in which federal or military officials defy a democratically elected government, was likely to blame.<\/p>\n

“Now the deep state is actually protecting their own and not listening to the president’s orders,” the Kentucky Republican said on Tuesday. “I was sitting in the White House when President Trump said I want his security clearance taken, and I saw the order given. I saw the chief of staff was there, not the current chief of staff, the previous chief of staff.”<\/p>\n

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"People talk about the deep state, now the deep state's actually protecting their own," says Sen. @RandPaul<\/a> on ex-CIA Dir. John Brennan keeping his security clearance.<\/p>\n

"I was sitting in the White House when President Trump said I want his security clearance taken." pic.twitter.com\/YcKRG26L1c<\/a><\/p>\n

— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) June 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n