A former Senior Intelligence officially spoke to today following the white house threat called todays announcement a watershed moment of the Trump Presidency and said, quote, if we have come to a point when we use the stripping of security clearances to deny free speech, we have crossed an american line and people need to act. He also said of the individuals named by the white house today who he knows well, quote, the danger here is that while traditionally former directors have not entered the political debate, they have been called nazis by this president and these guys feel there is a need to protect the community because trump has crossed lines that create danger. This former official added, quote, the standard for stripping clearances is the disclosure of classified information and none of these individuals have disclosed classified information. Theyre doing no more than exercising their First Amendment right to criticize a sitting president. Here to discuss the days developments,