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"i hope john brennan, the worst c.i.a. director in the countrys history brings a lawsuit. i will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, e-mails and documents to show not only the poor job he did but how he was involved with the mueller rigged witch hunt. he wont sue." yesterday, two former obama administration officials weighed in on all of this saying they do not agree with the president pulling brennans security clearance. but they also say brennan is being too political. watch it...

This pushback that you are seeing from people like bill gates, who dont get into the political scrum, as well as the former agents, i think suggests that the president sort of did something without thinking through the consequences, which we have seen before. i have to say, you cant look at what the president did to john brennan outside the context of the omarosa tapes. in other words, the press release that was sent out about brennan was dated a month ago. this is being used to distract from a ...

You get one pulled. its unauthorized disclosure, contact with foreign governments, statements that have been made on television that betray secrets. brennan did none of that. this was political retaliation. i think the president is scared of brennan because of what brennan knows about the russian investigation. he trying to shut this thing down, period. >> juliette, brennan described this pulling of security clearance, you know, as an egregious act. he described the president as being drunk on p...

Critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure. we believe equally strongly that former 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. the country will be weakened if theres a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. all of these former senior intelligence officials are not necessarily saying they agree...

Do so. now, if he starts going down that path and starts turning into an expanded enemys list, then i think we have, we have an extreme problem. pulling brennans clearance, you know, in and of itself practically it doesnt mean all that much, certainly for john. you know, theyre never going to consult him anyway in this administration. and hes not going to, you know, john, as you guys know, is a tough talking new jersey irishman. so, hes going to keep speaking. so, its no practical effect on him....

Jersey where the president is this weekend. how else is the white house -- is the president responding? >> president trump is continuing to attack the former cia director whose security clearance he stripped earlier this week in an attempt to retaliate against brennan for his criticism of the white house. trump going after brennans tenure at cia director, describing him as a political hack. there were times when both democrats and republicans did criticize brennan. but former senior intelligence...

White house aitd aides are wai for a time when it might be convenient to roll out the revocations of the clearances, perhaps to distract from future negative headlines. >> sarah westwood, thanks so much. lets talk more about this. with me is bob baer, a cnn security analyst and juliette kiam. good to see you both. we saw this powerful statement from dozens of former cia officials condemning the presidents decision to revoke brennans security clearance. bob, as a former cia case officer, how is...

What they say literally, because you cant believe they are actually saying it. they have said that they dont like what brennan has been saying about the president publically. period. theres no national security need. theres no classified -- theres no evidence of classified evidence disclosure. brennan was on the far side of these formers in the sense that he was much more aggressive, his language could be jaw-dropping. i admit that. i knew brennan. to see that language from him was, i think, sur...