His decision to revoke the former cia directors security clearance seems to be escalating this morning. The president , in part, calling brennan a loudmouth and political hack. Here is what brennan said last night. He is drunk on power. He really is. I think he is abusing the powers of that office. I think right now this country is in a crisis in terms of what mr. Trump has done and is liable to do. The comment came after the president said yesterday that he would strip a doj officials security clearance soon. 60 former cia officials now are criticizing the president s decision. We begin with cnns sarah west wood who westwood. Reporter President Trump is continuing to attack the former cia director whose security clearance he revoked this week in what appeared to be retaliation for John Brennans criticism of the white house. President trump has active on twitter this morning, tweeting just moments ago about brennan. Has anyone looked at the mistakes that john brennan made while serving as cia dreblirect . He will go down as the worst in history. He has become nothing less than a loudmouth partisan political hack who cannot be trusted with the secrets of our country. Brennans tenure as cia director was not without its controversies. There were times when republicans and democrats alike criticized brennan and questioned his credibility. Dozens of former intelligence officials are defending brennan, arguing that President Trumps move marks a dangerous precedent of stripping a former official of his security clearance over political commentary the president doesnt like. The white house has provided to evidence to back up its claim that brennan lost his clearance because he abused it. As trump is linking his decision to the russia investigation. Meanwhile, President Trump is considering removing the security clearances of at least nine other officials, all of whom are related in various ways to the russia investigation. The Washington Post is reporting that trump has drawn up the papers to remove those security clearances and is waiting for the ideal moment to execute. Perhaps when the news of revoking the security clearances could help distract from otherwise negative headlines. Senator mark warner, the top democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, is threatening to take action if trump follows through with this plan, tweeting yesterday, i will be introducing an amendment next week to block the president from punishing and intimidating his critics by arbitrarily revoking security clearances. Stay tuned. Names on the list of nine people who could potentially see their security clearances revoked include former director of National Intelligence james clapper, former fbi director james comey, people who have criticized the president but perhaps we will have to wait for the next busy news day to see whether their security clearances will get revoked. We will see. Sarah westwood, thank you so much. Earlier i spoke to our Global Affairs analyst. She told us, theres a process normally, a protocol for revoking security clearances, but President Trump doesnt seem to be following it. Theres actually normally a procedure that you go through. If you are a Government Employee and you are having your security clearance reviewed because of some sort of either allegation that you have mishandled classified information or perhaps you have misbehaved in your private life. You have had a drunk driving accident. Then you are first notified of this review and you are able to fight it and appeal it and you can even go to court. The way the president has done this, it seems there hasnt been any sort of procedure followed beyond his word from on high. National security lawyers i have spoken to are split. Some say he is safe under his article 2 powers of the constitution. Others say he has opened himself to a court case in which brennan and others if they are stripped of their clearances could see him for overreach. This is a case that could go to the Supreme Court where they would have to decide, has he exercised article 2 powers in a way that has violated John Brennans rights under the First Amendment to express himself. Theres also a question, what does this mean for people who are serving right now who have clearances, who are in federal government . Does this mean they have to watch what they say on twitter, on facebook . Is it a political loyalty test that applies to everyone in government . Our thanks to kimberly there. The Paul Manafort jury will return on monday after it ended a second straight day of deliberations without a verdict. The verdict is going to be the big first courtroom test for special counsel robert mueller. President trump did not hesitate to weigh in. The former Trump Campaign chairman is charged with tax evasion, bank fraud and hiding foreign bank accounts. Reporter the jury in the Paul Manafort trial deliberated for 15 hours over two days. Most of the activity was outside of the courtroom friday when President Donald Trump was asked if he would pardon Paul Manafort. He offered words of support for his former campaign chairman. I think the whole manafort trial is very sad. When you look at whats going on there, i think its a very sad day for our country. He worked for me for a very short period of time. You know what . He happens to be a very good person. And i think its very sad what they have done to Paul Manafort. Reporter manaforts attorney spoke to reporters after the court ended for the day, thanking the president for his support. Were very happy to hear from the president and that he is supporting mr. Manafort. Reporter he said the length of the deliberations was in his favor. The jury reconvenes monday where they will deliberate for the Third Straight day deciding manaforts fate where if convicted he faces at least a decade in prison. This week, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders hedged on whether the president ever used the n word saying she could not guarantee there is no recording of the president using the word. This morning i sat down with a republican state senator from georgia, michael williams, former candidate for georgia governor, first georgia elected official to endorse donald trump for president. I asked him his thoughts on the president s alleged use of the word. Watch this. I always have a problem with the use of it. I dont have a problem with donald trump having used it in the past as my president. I would always say, using the n word is wrong and bad and should never be accepted in our society. Just because he might have done it years ago not as our president doesnt mean we need to continue to berate him. Lets go back in time. How old is donald trump . 72. 72. 50 years ago, we were not in a society we are in now where people freely used that word. We are not talking about a 16yearold donald trump using the word. We are talking about a 55, 60, 65yearold donald trump using the word. Do you know how old he is when he uses it . I dont flknow how old he is. This is not what i expected with this conversation. I want to go to military. The idea that i have a state official sitting across from me saying right now that im okay with my president having used it because it happened before he was in office. Tell me if im getting this wrong. To be clear, personally, it is always wrong. It is always wrong to use that word. But . As the president today, he has not used that word. As the president today, hes not done that. To hold somebody accountable for something he did years ago as our president today, i think it sets a bad precedent. Thats it. All right. Thats state senator michael williams. We have breaking news. Kofi annan, former u. N. Secretarygeneral has died. He was 80 years old. A diplomat from ghana. He served in the u. N. s top post from 1997 to 2006. He worked for human rights. The current secretarygeneral released this statement. Kofi annan was a Guiding Force for good. It is with profound sadness that i learned of his passing. In many ways, kofi annan was the united nations. His legacy will remain a true inspiration for all of us. His family said that he passed away peacefully after a short illness. His wife and three children were by his side during his final days. 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