Executive operator and get into this. new reporting from the washington post that president trump feels emboldened by stripping ex-cia director john brennan of his security clearance. trump believes he s emerged looking strong and decisive in his escalating feud to brennan, two aides tell the post. adding shows a visceral disdain for the director when he sees him on television. he did not focus on his power to remove clearances until this summer. white house aides confirm trump made his decision weeks ago about brennan who serves as an msnbc contributor. senior advisors including press secretary sarah sanders recommended they announce the action wednesday amid the onslaught of news cover about former aide omarosa newman s release of a book. and remaining silent about the treatment of her predecessor asked if stripping bren nan of
Sarah sanders tried to put more nuance on it, but it also brought up some old accusations about bren nan, and the role he feels like he had. it made no reference to some of the usual issues. that would cause someone to lose their security clearance like putting national security secrets at risk. but it is stunning to hear him say that out loud when asked the question. it is pretty clearly, on how he makes a lot of decisions, it s his gut. he doesn t trust brennan. right, there was no evidence that he or sarah sanders
the idea of president obama pulling the strings, that s unclear, but people i doubt it very much. although the former cia director bren nan was on tv on sunday and people have accused him of leaking and he says he has not had any conversations with any reporters about this. but there s no doubt that there are current and former officials in the intelligence community that are talking to reporters. just ahead, the father of navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens is speaking out. demanding answers about the raid that took his son s life in yemen. he refused to meet president trump at dover air force base, details on that ahead. you make it detect what they don t. stop, stop, stop! sorry. you make it sense what s coming. watch, watch, watch! mom. relax! i m relaxed. you make it for 16-year olds. whoa-whoa-whoa!!! and the parents who worry about them. you saw him, right? going further to help make drivers, better drivers. don t freak out on me. that s ford.
Union said despite raising concerns over the terrorism tactics of the white house, they should not move on the nomination until all senators can assess the role of the c.i.a. and any role by bren nan himself in forture. the choice of brennan the aclu sees a largeer program. much of the legal architecture that the bush administration used to justify so-called war on terror is being continued by the obama administration. with the 6,000-page classified investigation, including the c.i.a. program did not provide ballot intelligence,be the chair of the senate intelligence committee made clear she will press for answers. i will be discussing the intelligence committee recently completed report and will ask how he would respond to the reports findings and conclusions if confirmed. the republican senator john mccain said that it s further scrutiny, especially what role he played in the so-called enhanced interrogation program. brennan s public statement