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How does that help? >> the 6 administrations, maybe its 5, retained those security clearances after they left office because the current sitting cia director may want to refer to the previous cia director for information about operations or inside scoop on what they were doing. instead of going through a security clearance every time to have a conversation about it, you kept the security clearance. >> tucker: hold on. i understand how the system worked. we are talking about john brennan. how doe...

Journal" and said well, because he did not investigate the hillary clinton email scandal or he was involved in this rigged witch humidity initially that that was the reason if there was no national security violation you say its warranted to strip these people of security clearances. >> the principle should be national intelligence security is whats most important. sure during transitions we have good support from outgoing and ingoing administrations. over time if you are not going to be involve...

Investigation. "i call it the rigged witch hunt. it is a sham," he said. "and these people led it! so i think its something that had to be done." mr. brennan is a life-long intelligence officer who served democratic and republican administrations, including as deputy cia director for george w. bush. during the transition, he was among those who briefed then-president-elect trump on russias interference in the 2016 election. hes since become one of the presidents harshest critics, branding as tre...

>> and we are about to have him on in a few seconds. and secretary of state mike pompeo talked more about the presidents approach to iran and how it will differ from revias administrations. >> for nearly 40 years the regime in tehran has been with multiple for violence against the united states. our allies are partners and indeed the iranian people themselves. president trump withdrew from the flawed iranian nuclear deal, or its campaign and president trumps instituted a campaign for pressure, d...

>> the last six administrations, maybe its five have retained those security clearances after they have left office because the current sitting cia director may want to refer to the previous cia director for information about an operation, its an inside scoop aboutut why they were doing something or what they were doing. instead of having to go through security clearance every single time they wanted to have conversations you kept the security clearance. >> tucker: i understand about how the sys...

Spending on the military i think its natural they are building up their capabilities. theyre looking at their sphere of influence. if they want us to have less influence in their region, they want navigation of the seas. the chinese military buildup is not a surprise to me. what we have had our eye off the ball for the past ten years in republican and democrat administrations is how we effectively counter them and how we maintain freedom of navigation. >> speaking of navigation we have these pop...

>> i believe that john brennan has acted in far too politically a role since he left the cia. nevertheless, i do not see the grounds for revoking his security clearance. >> mr. brennan has gone way over the line in my view, and i think restricting his clearance, pulling his clearance makes sense to me. i dont think we should change the system because of brennan. i think the idea of collaborating with people in prior administrations to keep us safe makes sense, but i cant imagine sharing anything...

And not on classified information if he could or could not turn to the committee. john brennan is not the only one thats saying that based on what you see or hear about trump tower and connections of various people at the administrations had with russians at one level or another. none of that proves collusion as brennan noted, it indicates there is a purpose for the mueller investigation to get to the bottom of it and well accept the results of that. if you look at that last statement by senator...

Mcraven today by reporters and he said he didnt know who he was. >> well, first, katy, thanks for having me on. great to be here. and happy friday. the thing that made the mcraven letter or intervention extra order in my mind was that bill mcraven sits more or less outside of politics. this is an individual who served republican and democratic administrations, who obviously, you know, the battle record speaks for itself. this is an individual who has not been involved in our politics, no the gon...

2008 crisis. you said that then, and then you got into office, why hasnt that happened under the trump administration. >> it was during the obama administration under eric holder. and the justice department didnt do anything with it. white collar criminal lawyer. i think it is outrageous. >> you think the lack of action from the trump department was outrageous? >> hang on. i am very upset about obama and all those years when nothing is done. >> but i am asking you about who has power now. >> by ...