Cybersecurity
Trump Weighs Revoking Security Clearances for Several Ex-Obama Officials
- Former DNI Clapper says the move would be ‘very, very petty’
- Ex-CIA chief Brennan called Trump’s Putin summit ‘treasonous’
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President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, ex-CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama-era national security officials who have criticized him.
Trump has been seething over criticism of his Helsinki summit last week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and public doubts Trump expressed about U.S. intelligence findings that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. Brennan called Trump’s performance “treasonous.”