But national security experts said they’d never heard of a president targeting a former high-ranking official this way, critic or otherwise. “This is demonstrative, once again, of a vindictive, political president whose actions have nothing to do with actual national security decisions,” Zaid said. “My security clearances have never been revoked because there is no legal basis to do so,” Brennan writes. Brennan was joined by FBI Director James B. Comey, National Intelligence Director James R. Clapper Jr. and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers. AD“I stared at Trump, shook my head in disgusted disagreement and bit my tongue nearly hard enough to draw blood,” Brennan writes.

Source: Washington Post July 29, 2020 10:30 UTC