(Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)Editor, Morning MixFormer CIA director John Brennan said Sunday that he’s considering “going to court” to challenge President Trump’s decision to strip him of his security clearance. If he does, plenty of lawyers with expertise in security clearance cases stand ready to help him. “I’m not sure that what the president meant was to actually use the word ‘revocation,’ ” Zaid said, referring to Brennan’s security clearance eligibility. But, Moss wrote, this would require “current agency heads” to sign off on a bypass of due process. it would set up a serious clash of constitutional questions,” Moss wrote, with an unforeseeable response from the courts.

Source: Washington Post August 20, 2018 12:32 UTC