White House August 15, 2018

Trump Revokes Security Clearance Of Former CIA Chief

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 23: Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brennan is discussing the extent of Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible ties to the campaign of President Donald Trump. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The White House has decided to revoke the security clearance of a critic. At a rare press briefing today, Sarah Sanders announced that John Brennan, the CIA chief under Barack Obama was having his security clearance revoked because of “erratic behavior and “frenzied commentary.”

Interesting standard https://t.co/fjK2NSywHx

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 15, 2018

John Brennan appeared last night on MSNBC, where he called Trump "dangerous to our nation." A day later, Trump pulls his security clearance. Here's the video: https://t.co/55WohLuVQq

— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) August 15, 2018

Brennan has long been outspoken in his criticism of Donald Trump calling his comments “imbecilic” and after the latest Trump-Putin press conference, the former spy chief said the president’s actions “exceeds the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors” and “treasonous.”

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