Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Professional Intelligence Officer rather than saying this on msnbc or writing it in the press, he mightve gone straight to the Special Counsel and explained what his concerns were. But the problem is that its not just our own citizens who are listening john brennan, there are foreign governments and spies feelings stealing secrets on our behalf who are going to believe that john brennan and something that we dont earn their trust in our government is going to be degraded, our National Security will be impacted negatively. The second point i would make quickly is that those who signed this letter might question whether they want to be tethered to john brennan, who is really the weak link in this chain here. Hes not a credible witness. I think that those who are concerned about a Security Clearance issue and maybe feel like the cia, who held
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. That is going to say, no, the president doesnt have the authority to take away somebody Security Clearance . They act like there is some sort of property right to keep a Security Clearance for post government work. There is no such thing. What he is doing is irresponsible and selfish because he is identified with the Intelligence Community. I was a member of that. It makes all of us looks like a bunch of partisan hacks when he goes off in every direction spewing all this vitriol, it really reflects poorly on the Intelligence Community. People sit back and say, well, now we know what he was thinking when he was head of the cia. It doesnt reflect well. Jason i think it does undercut the credibility of an agency that prides itself on being a nonpartisan and apolitical. Newt gingrich was on Fox And Friends this morning. Lets listen to his Poin
i think the brennan-trump thing has taken on its own life and in the last 48 hours that i don t think that anyone is necessarily happy with or proud of. if one has the instincts and the intent of our being concerned about national security, i wouldn t put mr. brennan and his actions the last four or five days of the top of the list. jason: i would. i think he uses it as a tool for his own personal political gain and financial gain. that is my own personal opinion. chris, it begs the question, why do people in perpetuity continue to get security clearances after they leave office? it s expensive to do, right? is this really justified in this day and age? i don t think so. i think there are far too many people post government service who retain their clearances. they are expensive, got to do re-investigations periodically, and the test is, the criteria is, is it in the best interest of the government for them to keep their clearances? i would say, the number of
officer rather than saying this on msnbc or writing it in the press, he might ve gone straight to the special counsel and explained what his concerns were. but the problem is that it s not just our own citizens who are listening john brennan, there are foreign governments and spies stealing secrets on our behalf who are going to believe that john brennan knows something that maybe we don t and their trust in our government is going to be degraded. our national security, as a result, will be impacted negatively. the second point i would make quickly is that those who signed this letter might question whether they want to be tethered to john brennan, who is really the weak link in this chain here. he s not a credible witness. i think that those who are concerned about a security clearance issue and maybe feel like the cia, who held the brennan s clearance, should have been responsible for revoking it or not, i think their argument is damaged because again, brennan is not a credible witne