out in favor of the john brennan and against this practice of pulling clearances. still the "washington post" is reporting the white house is drafting more clearance cancellations, demanded by trump. with us to talk about it tonight. the white house reporter for the associated press. and we bring back the reporter for the guardian. welcome to you both. just tonight, phil mudd, career cia officer was in a debate segment on cnn. the president didn't like it, tweeted against him and is asking aloud whether or not his clearance should be revoked on twitter. are we all going after this giant shiny object of skurngss? >> this is the president's new toy. he is certainly drawn to things. so frustrated with how washington works, even with controlling both houses of congress, the members of his own staff telling him no. much like presidential pardons, he's realized security clearances can be voked by him alone. just remember his order the strip brennans was actually drafted multiple weeks before it was issued.