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He is. there's not a statute against, he has the power to do it. >> but the question is should he use the power. >> it's surprising for people in washington. >> there is question, sam, of why does somebody who leaves the government still need a security clearance? >> that's a valid question, but president trump likes to pretend we're reasinventing the wheel. we have oversight of the intelligence agency and oversight of clearance processes. there's an executive order 12968 that lays out in detail what a secure clearance violation looks like and who should have a need for access to classified in...

Concerns in the first meeting. in the second meeting, he said why is this an issue for the doj if one white house official lies to another. >> okay. i don't understand why he didn't understand that. >> i'm not sure i can help you with that, senator. >> this is -- general flynn after that for 18 days stayed there. one classified thing after another. there are policies that deal with who gets clearance, security clearance and not. executive order 12968 outlines the rules for security clearances. it says that when there's a credible allegation that raises concern about someone's fitness to access...

Kernels in the first meeting. it was in the second meeting that he raised the question of why is this an issue in the department of justice if one official lies to another? >> i don't understand why he didn't understand that. on. >> i'm not sure i can help you with that. >> general flynn stayed and was in one meeting after another. there was a question of who gets security clearance and not. executive order 12968 outlines security clearances and says when there's a credible allegation that raise concern about someone's fitness to access classified information, that person's clearance should be...

These long held institutions which have always been non-partisan is what is momentous and it's discouraging to see. the real losers here, frankly, are the american people because we don't know if going forward we will have a truly depoliticized intelligence service. >> bruce brennan's assertion that i just read in the times that it's hogwash to say there's no collusion, this coming from the man who led the cia. is it momentous, is it reckless of him? >> well, the revoking of the clearance is executive order 12968 identifies what procedures for accessing or maintaining or revoking security proc...