Fran Town Send News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

That's been kind of the standard pattern here. to me, the issue isn't so much john's clearance or mine or anybody else's. that's kind of small potatoes. the bigger issue here to me is using the president's authority over the classification system and granting or revoking clearances as a political weapon. and that, to me, is a much larger issue here and has huge implications. for example, and i'm just positting this, suppose the president, given his version to the mueller investigation decides to revoke the eligibility for access to classified information by mueller and his team. so i think, yo...

Security adviser fran town send was talking about this today. she said something that was really interesting about mueller and what just happened to john brennan. here's her take on the implication of trump taking away security clearances. >> the president did this personally using his article -- what we call his article 2 powers as commander in chief. let's be honest. if the president is relying on his article 2 powers to remove a clearance, it's the same power he'd rely on if he wanted to fire mueller. >> do you think that's the message he was sending? look, i'm using these powers to do this...

Has to be soothed. he cares most about what his family and friends think about him. and, again, the reason he's in this conversation is because he's driven by a sense of duty, and remember, he was sought out for his incites on national security and foreign policy. as a result he's been considered for secretary of state. i think if he get it, he'd be glad to serve. if he doesn't, he'd be glad to help in any other way. >> are we getting new information about the director of national intelligence? >> we are. jim acosta and others are reporting there are three people right now under consideration ...

his finances, and they're hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that he's got secrets he's keeping from voters. listen. >> this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. >> mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. >> governor romney has released his tax return for only one full year. critics say even his father re...

transparency tornado. president obama's team is ripping into mitt romney for what they call an appalling lack of transparency. they say he's hiding things about his past, his businesses, his finances, and they're hitting hard with a new web video on a tax frattacks from t vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that he's got secrets he's keeping from voters. listen. >> this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. >> mitt romney p...