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NBC Reporter: Trump Will Cause ‘Financial’ Harm to Clapper, Brennan by Revoking Security Clearances
 [BREITBART] NBC News news hound Ken Dilanian suggested Monday that President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... would hurt the livelihoods of B.O. regime alumni by taking away the "valuable commodity" of their security clearances. Dilanian (pictured, bottom center), who covers the intelligence community and national security issues, accused Trump of "seeking to levy a financial penalty" on former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper ‐ both of whom are paid contributors at cable news networks. Brennan now works for Dilanian’s employer NBC News as an MSNBC analyst. Clapper has since joined CNN in a similar capacity. He further insinuated that federal employees should consider resisting the order if the president gives it, lambasting Trump for what he called an "extraordinary threat of political retribution." Security clearances are a valuable commodity. By making this threat, @realDonaldTrump is seeking to levy a financial penalty on @JohnBrennan and Clapper. There are also public policy reasons that former intel leaders remain cleared‐so they can help their successors. ‐ Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 23, 2018 The national security officials who run this process will have to decide whether they can live with themselves if they go along with this extraordinary threat of political retribution. The president can probably pull the clearances of anybody he wants. https://t.co/ZIcvqLKDDb ‐ Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 23, 2018 Posted by: Fred 2018-07-26 |
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