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Hates. none of these, though, are new tricks of mr. trumps trade. but today, there was a new attempted d eed diversion and aw novel way of attacking his highly credentialed critics, all former officials in law enforcement, national security, or the intelligence community. now he wants to punish them for speaking out by stripping them of their security clearances. it began with republican senator rand paul lobbying the president to do it of former cia director john brennan, who has become a vocal...

Vladimir putin. and we still dont know exactly what they discussed behind closed doors. in fact, the u.s. government will probably never know, at least from our side, because its doubtful that trump even remembers everything that occurred or that he would give a full and accurate readout to his own officials. in fact, probably the best way for the u.s. government to find out what happened is to intercept communications among russian officials talking about this meeting. >> well, there would actu...

You are not going to talk about any of your activities. so, it is not at all a natural or easy thing to do, and you get a lot of criticism for it, as well. it would be really easy for a guy like jim clapper, who i hold in the highest regard, to basically say look, im going to have a nice quiet retirement after, what is it, 60 years of service? the guys been around forever, being a patriot. maybe write a book. a lot of people write a book to include past presidents, to include the current preside...

So, general clapper, you actually learned about this, i understand, in real-time, while you were watching the white house briefing today, about them trying to take away a security clearance from you. im wondering what went through your mind when you heard that and now that youve had some time to digest that, where are you at with all this? >> well, yeah, thats how i learned about it, just like everybody else. i had no prior official notification that my clearance was under consideration for revo...

This meeting. >> well, there would actually be a danger if the president went on the record publicly saying what was discussed and then it turned out that isnt what was discussed or it was opposite or different than what was actually discussed and it turned out the russians have a recording, say, of actually what was discussed. >> absolutely. i mean, you worry about the president being compromised by russia, something that jim clapper and john brennan and other intelligence officials suspect act...

Lot of criticism for it as well. it would be really easy for a guy like jim clapper, who i hold in the highest regard to basically say look, im going to have a nice quiet retirement after what it is, 60 years of service? the guys been around forever, being a patriot. maybe write a book. a lot of people write a book to include past presidents, to include the current president, and just sort of relax and take it easy in retirement as opposed to opening himself up to this type of criticism and deni...

He must know things that they dont. no problem trading on that politically, or apparently does the president have a problem with using the likes of house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes for all kinds of shenanigans to try to manipulate the russian investigation. well have more on nunes shortly as yet another claim of his collides with the fax. but right now cnn national security analyst james clapper, and given the partys attacks on him, i want to take a moment and walk you through h...

Breaking news in what would be an unprecedented move, the white house now says that president trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former national security officials including former fbi director james comey, former cia director john brennan, former director of national intelligence james clapper and others. general clapper is joining us right now on the phone. general, thanks so much for joining us. first of all, what do you think that the fact that youre being targeted alon...

You know? the substantive importance of it for me is minimal. i dont get classified briefings anymore. none of us do. and per my cadence tweet earlier, has no impact on what i say or do. it could for some people, particularly if they are under employment with a defense contractor where a security clearance is required. well, it could have real impact. in my particular case it doesnt. >> general clapper, thanks so much for joining us and thanks for all of your service to our country. were appreci...

In a green jail jump suit as a federal judge gives fiver witnesses immunity ahead of the testimony against the former trump campaign chairman. and from russia with cash. an alleged russian spy accused of offering sex to gain influence in washington with financial backing of a russian billionaire. im wonderful gilf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." breaking news. president trump considers revoking the security clearances of half a dozen former national security officials including ex-fbi di...