[WashingtonExaminer] Former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of President Trump, found out he had been blocked from accessing his classified notes and records while working on his new memoir.
He writes in his forthcoming book, Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad, that after months of "haggling" he discovered the CIA was abiding by the directive Trump gave in August 2018 "that purportedly forbids anyone in the intelligence community from sharing classified information with me."
Memoirs are a person’s memories of his experiences, fallible as they might be. | The White House confirmed the directive was being enforced, which is news considering the New York Times reported in May of last year that the president never revoked Brennan's security clearance.
Brennan, who acknowledges he is in the "crosshairs" of the criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation led by U.S. Attorney John Durham, claimed he asked the CIA for his official records including his personal notes and any classified CIA documents that he had signed, but the agency denied his request.
Work product belongs to the employer. | The CIA declined to comment to the Washington Post, which reviewed some passages from Brennan's book that is due to be published on Oct. 6. The book is being published by Celadon Books, and the publisher's preview begins with Brennanie's "first and only security briefing with President-elect Donald Trump" on Jan. 6, 2017.
Durham is also reportedly scrutinizing Brennan in relation to British ex-spy Christopher Steele's deeply flawed dossier. In particular, the prosecutor is looking for answers concerning how it was used in the 2017 assessment, why Comey and then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe insisted on it being part of the assessment, how allegations from the dossier ended up in the assessment's appendix, and whether Brennan misled about the dossier's use. |