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Government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so. these two letters are a striking rebuke by 75 former officials who worked for republican and democratic administrations after trump revoked john brennans clearance. >> thats right. let me begin with how odd this is for this group of people, bothly these are people we have never heard of. they dont consider themselves political....

Director john brennans security clearance. that number now up to 15. that is 15 former directors and deputy directors of the cia and directors of national intelligence dating back to the reagan administration, all signing on to a statement that reads in part, quote, the presidents action regarding john brennan and the threats of similar action against other former officials have nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances and everything to do with an attempt to stifle f...

Reagan administration. all signing on to a statement that reads in part, presidents action regarding john brennan and other former officials have nothing to do with what should and should not hold security clearances and everything to do with an attempt to stifle free speech. the decisions on security clearances should be based on national security concerns and not political views. again, these are household names. general david pe trees, leon webster, leon panetta and people who served in repub...

Spreading the dossier before the election, a month or so before the election. i interviewed john brennan and asked him -- i had a dossier, many news organizations did, and i said lu talk about this dossier, lu confirm any element of it? john brennan refused to do that. he actually warned me to be very careful in the last months before the election to not print sort of wild allegations against donald trump or against hillary clinton. he was not spreading the dossier. thats just a false narrative....

Color are on the bottom. >> his comments set him apart from other comments. president obama said a glimpse of the devine. why couldnt he praise the singer that way and praise her that way? she performed at the white house with different administrations. no one who sent out a tribute to her said she worked for me at the white house. she worked for me at the kennedy center. >> it brings out something else about trump. which is that i have never seen him express any appreciation and i dont mean he ...

Investigate exactly why this president was doing this, and i think come january, we will have a congress that will do its job under the constitution and hold this president accountable through checks and balances. >> david: well, if they take the congress ithink we can expect that from the democrats. jim, to you on this issue of security clearances. theyre kept because, if needed, they will call back these advisers. this has been common throughout administrations, however if the administration h...

Steel day spectacle in paris last year. >> we will have to try to top it. >> after a government estimate said it would be $92 million, the american legion called on the president to use the money to support veterans instead. the white house decided to call it off, for now. >> postponed for now. live at the white house, john, back to what you reported at the top. he is prepared to revoke more security clearances. the opposition for presidents from both parties is growing. 60 former cia officers n...

At prager u high on facebook military. that they havent seen in previous administrations. list. facebook apologizing like so whether or not you agree they do every week. with president trump on policy, whether or not you agree with the way he approaches other things in his administration, you have censoring some with to give the man and his conservative views. here are clips and well administration credit for talk about it? >> imagine a group of activists so powerful that what they have done for...

>> thats a good question. the president of the united states, president trump is not going to back down about pastor brunson and erdogan so far has indicated hes not going to back down either and they have put demands on the u.s., they would like the united states to extradite turkish cleric that they think is responsible for a coup, whether somebody else steps with that, it would make logical sense that perhaps a european leader or somebody else in nato alliance would help out but so far there ...

Clearance once they leave office. >> we ask the question, how are we safer-- >> you know this far better than i. for their success in sharing information and advice comes in handy. i dont know, we had a guest who comes on and says there are more than five million security passes and i know different grades exponentially over the decades. something has to be done. but youre saying these courtesy privilege granted top cabinet members or former cia directors or state department heads, that its typi...