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"i hope john brennan, the worst c.i.a. director in the country's 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 won't sue." yesterday, two former obama administration officials weighed in on all of this saying they do not agree with the president pulling brennan's security clearance. but they also say brennan is being too political. watch it. >> i worry that what he is saying now puts him in a much more politicized position. that said, ...

This pushback that you are seeing from people like bill gates, who don't 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 can't 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 lot of bad media about the white house. the fact that sarah sanders and others are the ones in cha...

You get one pulled. it's 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 power. in your view, how perilous does this make this situation for the intelligence community, that...

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 there's 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 with how brennan has gone about attacking the president. but they certainly agree with brennan's r...

Do so. now, if he starts going down that path and starts turning into an expanded enemy's list, then i think we have, we have an extreme problem. pulling brennan's clearance, you know, in and of itself practically it doesn't mean all that much, certainly for john. you know, they're never going to consult him anyway in this administration. and he's not going to, you know, john, as you guys know, is a tough talking new jersey irishman. so, he's going to keep speaking. so, it's no practical effect on him. this is the canary in the colemcoal mine. we have a real problem. >> published an opinion pi...