fantasy. john brannan last job was running the cia. the most powerful intelligence agency in the world. you hear 20 minutes later, we watch him play unemployed political consultant hack repeating the dumbest possible partisan talking points on late night cable. the question is, how did a guy that limited, rise to the very that limited, rise to the very how does a guy that limited rise to the very top of the federal bureaucracy? the agency with the most power and the most of guns and the most knowledge and what exactly did he do with all that power? those of the questions you might ask yourself about john brennan and it s not reassuring at all. what happens in a country where basic questions are decided by
lawmakers voted last month to send stone s transcript to mueller. now it sounds as if he s set to receive much more. the president has denied there was any collusion. the catherine harris is reporting live from washington. reporter: house intelligence committee voted last fall to publicly release transcripts from the republican-led investigation. except a hand full including james comey and admiral mike rogers and john brannan. they were involve in the briefing for the incoming president which included the russia case. as well as transcripts from democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. they promise to share all transcripts to robert mueller. congressman schiff believes there maybe conflicts that are criminal i do have concerns about certainly multiple witnesses and
so this was his reaction to what happened. former cia director, john brannan, this is his first reaction since learning his security clearance has been stripped by donald trump. deputy director brennan, thank you for joining us. your first reaction? i do believe that mr. trump decided to take this action as he s done with others to try to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him or his administration. and revoking my security clearances is his way of trying to get back at me. i think i have tried to voice the concerns of millions of americans about mr. trump s failures in terms of fulfilling the responsibility of that sacred and solemn office of the presidency. this is not going to deter me at all. i m going to continue to speak out. but i am very worried about the message that it appears that
july, the white house press spokesperson talked about it from the briefing room, said explicitly that the reason this was being done was because of certain people, former officials criticizing the president with regard to russia. the white house spokesperson said that when they do that and they have security clearances it essentially gives an air of authority to those statements for which there is no evidence. that s essentially the white house admitting they have taken this action in response to people expressing themselves as a way of trying to undermine them and discredit them because they don t like the content of this former official s speech. to me, that screams first amendment challenge. i wonder, as unusual as this is, does this look like it will turn into a legal fight? will there be legal recourse for brannan or anybody else threatened in this way? i m not sure they have a legal case. the president does have this
potentially lead the spy agency. administration sources confirm that haspel offer to withdraw her nomination to shield the agency and avoid relitigating the bush interrogation program. she wanted to do everything she would to protect the agency. at the same time, she wants to do everything she can to protect the safety and security of americans. which is why she is 100% committed to going through this confirmation process. the public hearing is expected to put the justice approved program under fresh scrutiny. president obama cia director john brannan was one of the key decision makers. haspel was a mid-level manager. seem like we re making gina haspel to a stricter standard. john brannan was held to account for. i don t know if that s because of political disenchantment with president trump. the aclu said the white house maybe overplaying the woman