Robert Gates has come out against Trump’s punitive security clearance action against John Brennan and possibly others….
Gates, who is a Republican , has served under President’s Ronald Reagan, Both Bush’s and Barack Obama…..He was consulted by the Trump people during their transition into office…
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Barbara Starr
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JUST IN: former CIA director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has just signed on to a letter of former senior intelligence officials against President Trumps decision on revoking security clearance of John Brennan. Bob Gates is the ultimate quiet man. this is sig….
Jim Sciutto
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Jim Sciutto Retweeted Barbara Starr
New on CNN: Fmr DNI Dennis Blair and former Dep CIA Director Bert Calland now add their name to the list.
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“The White House has drafted documents revoking the security clearances of current and former officials whom President Trump has demanded be punished for criticizing him or playing a role in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump wants to sign ‘most if not all’ of them, said one senior White House official, who indicated that communications aides, including press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Bill Shine, the newly named deputy chief of staff, have discussed the optimum times to release them as a distraction during unfavorable news cycles.”
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Of course, once their clearances are revoked, the Administration will attack any criticism from these low-information former officials as naïve, ignorant, outdated and uninformed.