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REPORT: John Brennan Finally Blocked From Accessing Classified Information?
2020-07-30
[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.
Good.
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.
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Posted by:Woodrow

#7  /\ Bingo! Interesting that you know exactly how that works :-)
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-07-30 23:27  

#6  Would it have mattered, if Mr, Brennan’s friends were determined to keep him in the loop? It’s easy enough to lose track of an order one doesn’t want to acknowledge.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-07-30 23:14  

#5  So Trump did not revoke al-Brennan's security clearance. Well, how many times does Trump and his administration have to shoot themselves in the foot (or not shoot at all)?
Posted by: Clem   2020-07-30 22:28  

#4  Oh wow, he won't be able to stuff his socks with those papers.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-07-30 22:10  

#3  He should have been summarily shot.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-07-30 21:38  

#2  Sorry bastard should be in Terre Haute awaiting execution for treason.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-07-30 20:28  

#1  Brennan blocked from classified info? This should have happened long ago along with an indictment.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-07-30 18:16  

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