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YellowKing wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:28 pm A criminal case with actual convictions is a sideshow, but multi-year fruitless investigations into Hillary are solid uses of taxpayer money.
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hepcat wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:55 pm
YellowKing wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:28 pm A criminal case with actual convictions is a sideshow, but multi-year fruitless investigations into Hillary are solid uses of taxpayer money.
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What was the word? What was the word?

LOCK HIM UP!

The head of Trump's campaign is dirty with fraud, shady foreign deals and lies. It's not a sideshow. It's motive and opportunity for collusion.
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Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
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Rip wrote:Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.
You don't say? :think:

If it's ok to commit financial fraud, political retaliation mustn't be so bad either. It's so great that you made these excuses during the Obama Administration....oh, wait. Image Image

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Rip wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:09 pm Hope? Does what happens even matter much?
Only if you care about things like the truth I guess.

It matters to me and renews my faith that the systems in place still have some integrity left to them even if Drumpf takes a big shit on them and pardons Manafort.

The systems will still be here long after Drumpf is dead and gone.

Does it matter that the US justice systems still seek justice in the face of corrupt leaders? You tell me.
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Might as well ask if the truth still matters in a world where lies have become the norm.

That question is about as cynical as they come, and clearly outlines the difference between those who are outraged on a daily basis and those who are accepting of the current administration.

Do honor, truth and justice matter? Clearly, for you Rip, they do not.

Somehow I'm continually surprised at what a loathsome creature you've become.

Identifying and acknowledging Manafort's crimes through the justice system does matter, even if he never faces any negative consequences for those crimes. This isn't a sideshow. It is it's own show.
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Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:24 am Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
Would you say it’s almost as much of a side show as the Hillary emails?
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Identifying and acknowledging Manafort's crimes through the justice system does matter, even if he never faces any negative consequences for those crimes. This isn't a sideshow. It is it's own show.
Exactly. If he illegally dodged taxes on $60M of income, he stole money out of every American taxpayers' pocket.

I know it has kind of become a game, to steal our money, but some of these fuckers should get caught once in a while.
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Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:24 am Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
Show me another case where a president revoked security clearance of someone for the sole reason of critizing the president. I’m curious how often this happens since you are implying it’s normal.
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Timing is everything (or at least something).
John Brennan has been an outspoken critic of the president.

He called Donald Trump treasonous over his meeting with the Russian leader in Helsinki, he has also called him imbecilic and a danger to the US.

Now Donald Trump has had his revenge, revoking the former CIA chief's security clearance - and threatening a number of other national intelligence officials, all of whom have one thing in common: they've also been critical of the president.

But in justifying this move there's been no suggestion that Mr Brennan either leaked classified material or sought to make money from it.

The timing is also noteworthy. The White House has been buffeted for days by claims from a disaffected former adviser to the president.

Closing arguments in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, are also being heard.

The White House briefing where this was announced hadn't been scheduled. It looks like a concerted effort to change the subject.
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Fitzy wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:00 am
Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:24 am Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
Show me another case where a president revoked security clearance of someone for the sole reason of critizing the president. I’m curious how often this happens since you are implying it’s normal.
It's absolutely not normal, and the whole list of people threatened with losing their clearance (from Brennan to Yates) consists entirely of people who've criticized Trump. There's not even an attempt to claim that any of them have misused their clearance. It's simple petty despotism.

It also robs our current intelligence experts of the ability to consult with Brennan, who has been at or near the top of American security, intel, and counter-terror efforts since the Reagan era.

That's the whole reason former officials keep their clearance: institutional memory and a career's worth of expertise.

Stripping Brennan and other like him significantly harms American security. But nothing matters anymore, does it? Not even that.
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Max Peck wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:58 am Timing is everything (or at least something).
John Brennan has been an outspoken critic of the president.

He called Donald Trump treasonous over his meeting with the Russian leader in Helsinki, he has also called him imbecilic and a danger to the US.

Now Donald Trump has had his revenge, revoking the former CIA chief's security clearance - and threatening a number of other national intelligence officials, all of whom have one thing in common: they've also been critical of the president.

But in justifying this move there's been no suggestion that Mr Brennan either leaked classified material or sought to make money from it.

The timing is also noteworthy. The White House has been buffeted for days by claims from a disaffected former adviser to the president.

Closing arguments in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, are also being heard.

The White House briefing where this was announced hadn't been scheduled. It looks like a concerted effort to change the subject.
Also of note: the press release announcing this went out dated July 26, 2018. After people noticed that, it was taken down off the WH website and replaced with an undated version.

Suggests that this was written up and then sat on until some later date.
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Fitzy wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:00 am
Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:24 am Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
Show me another case where a president revoked security clearance of someone for the sole reason of critizing the president. I’m curious how often this happens since you are implying it’s normal.
It happens plenty. Just doesn't make the news or get disclosed publicly. You don't even need a reason to revoke them, sometimes it is just because you no longer require it to do your job. The abnormal thing is for it to be a matter of public discussion.

Brent Scowcroft comes to mind. Even one former POTUS had his clearance revoked. Jimmy Carter of course.

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Yes, and one President that I know of actually had his access level quietly downgraded by DIRNSA.

That was after Bert Lance was bragging to his buddies about stuff he was hearing about from his friend the President. One paper actually printed high level codeword material he never should have had access too.

After careful consideration, that particular President was not briefed on future matters where he didn’t have the absolute need to know.

It seems that more recently (especially after 9/11) former government officials have retained their security clearances in order to advise those persons who replaced them. It is also often continued as an “honorarium” for previous high-level government officials.

The practice of letting former government workers retain their access to sensitive information indefinitely should cease immediately unless they are actively involved in security matters that require it.

A top secret clearance based on a special background investigation SBI is generally good for 5 years, after which time a fresh SBI is required to maintain that clearance (at least it was when I did investigations for G2/PSI at Ft. Campbell). Your particular job determines the ACCESS level granted after you pass the SBI. Once you leave that job, your access ends until you start another job that requires a particular level of access. The most common TS access granted in the government is TS/SCI (sensitive compartmented information) SI or “Special Intelligence”. Another is TK or “Talent-Keyhole”. There are other compartmentalized monikers out there depending on what is required for your job.

I can think of two specific cases where compartmentalization failed miserably, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden.

Anyway, it’s usually not the President who revokes a security clearance of former government officials (although he has the power to do so), it’s the responsibility of whoever issues the approval for access to sensitive information within that particular department.

Ironically, the same President referred to at the top of my answer ordered much of the compartmentalization procedures after he found out in his initial briefing that too many people had access to some of the highest top secret information they didn’t need to perform their jobs. Probably the best thing he did during his presidency.
It is routine when a Government person, military, Civil Service or contractor, retires, resigns, or is terminated.

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In the case of high officials like Mr. Brennan, it has been traditional to let them keep their clearance, mostly as an honor reward and as a badge of status. But in fact, this is not a sound practice if the high official will not be used soon for classified work and thus no longer has a need to know.
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Both of the things you quoted actually support the belief that this is simply Trump punishing those who have been critical of him. :?
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When you support Trump, you've got to get used to the concept of making the case for those who oppose you while claiming it's all lies.
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I am glad to know Rip 100% supports cutting off Trump's security clearance the moment he brags about having secret info. That will be about -- minutes after impeachment or the expiration of his term.
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Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:21 am
Fitzy wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:00 am
Rip wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:24 am Security clearances are revoked all the time for the most petty of reasons. Amazing the things people will try to turn into constitutional abuses.

Sideshow is still a sideshow and win or lose it will have zilch of an effect on Trump and what he does or doesn't do. Nothing Manafort is charged with has anything at all to do with the Donald.
Show me another case where a president revoked security clearance of someone for the sole reason of critizing the president. I’m curious how often this happens since you are implying it’s normal.
It happens plenty. Just doesn't make the news or get disclosed publicly. You don't even need a reason to revoke them, sometimes it is just because you no longer require it to do your job. The abnormal thing is for it to be a matter of public discussion.
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Strike one.

Answer the question. Name another person who had their security clearance removed for the sole reason of critizing the president?

Every example in your link had a reason other than criticism of the president, critizing the president wasn’t even one of the reasons given in the examples!

Petty abuse of security clearance may be a problem. It has nothing to do with the President of the United States abusing his authority to silence critics. President Trump swore an oath to uphold the Constitution. The First amendement guarantees free speech and especially political free speech. Using the power of the presidency to silence critics is a clear violation of his oath of office.

And before you try spinning, No one has a right to a security clearance. However targeting people who are critical of the president to remove that clearance is using the power of the president to shut critics up. That raises it to an abuse of power. It is an attempt to silence those who have it removed, it is a warning to those threatened with removal and it is a warning to those who may be thinking of coming forward. If you think that is a petty issue than you are not remotely the person I thought you were.
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How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
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It's a threat. Whether it's a good one or not is open to debate.
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stessier wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:41 pm How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
My assumption is that removing security clearances and firings are meant to serve a warning for failing a test of loyalty. A symbolic decimation, if you will. (Did I use the word right?) The critic that is being silenced is not those fired or removed. It's those thinking about speaking up and seeing the consequences for doing so.

It also has the bonus of appearing strong and showing no tolerance for dissent, which is support supports and works exceptionally well until your crew decides it's intolerable and quits en masse if they can or mutinies if they can't.
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stessier wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:41 pm How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
It wasn't done silence him, but rather to shame and discredit him. It will work as intended with Trump's base, but very few others.
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The nice thing with Trump is that you don't need to speculate about whether any action is motivated by bad intentions or not. Just wait a couple days, and he'll spell it out for you in public:



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Max Peck wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:55 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:41 pm How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
It wasn't done silence him, but rather to shame and discredit him. It will work as intended with Trump's base, but very few others.
It also limits who he can speak to, or rather, who can speak to him. That in turn lessens his relevance and makes it less likely he will be sought for comment on the administration.
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LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:00 pm
Max Peck wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:55 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:41 pm How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
It wasn't done silence him, but rather to shame and discredit him. It will work as intended with Trump's base, but very few others.
It also limits who he can speak to, or rather, who can speak to him. That in turn lessens his relevance and makes it less likely he will be sought for comment on the administration.
Not so much, so far as I can see. He lost his "need to know" when he left government. Anyone who was willing to discuss classified information with him from that point on isn't going to care much about Brennan's clearance being revoked, because they shouldn't have been having those discussions in the first place. So far as I know, Brennan himself hasn't been disclosing any classified information that anyone might (hypothetically) have been feeding to him, so his heightened lack of access shouldn't be a deterrent to anyone seeking commentary from him unless they're falling for Trump's circular "he lost his clearance so he must be a bad man" rationale. Which brings us back to this being an attempt to discredit him, rather than silence him per se. It doesn't stop him from speaking his mind, but the regime can hope that it stops some people from listening to what he says.
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Max Peck wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:17 pm
LawBeefaroni wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:00 pm
Max Peck wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:55 pm
stessier wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:41 pm How does removing the security clearance silence a critic? He's no longer doing the job, right? Does his new job require it?

I'm not trying to pick sides, I honestly would like to know.
It wasn't done silence him, but rather to shame and discredit him. It will work as intended with Trump's base, but very few others.
It also limits who he can speak to, or rather, who can speak to him. That in turn lessens his relevance and makes it less likely he will be sought for comment on the administration.
Not so much, so far as I can see. He lost his "need to know" when he left government. Anyone who was willing to discuss classified information with him from that point on isn't going to care much about Brennan's clearance being revoked, because they shouldn't have been having those discussions in the first place. So far as I know, Brennan himself hasn't been disclosing any classified information that anyone might (hypothetically) have been feeding to him, so his heightened lack of access shouldn't be a deterrent to anyone seeking commentary from him unless they're falling for Trump's circular "he lost his clearance so he must be a bad man" rationale. Which brings us back to this being an attempt to discredit him, rather than silence him per se. It doesn't stop him from speaking his mind, but the regime can hope that it stops some people from listening to what he says.
I don't know about the first part. My understanding is that national security people will sometimes talk with predecessors to get input from them (since they've been there), and Brennan's security clearance being revoked would presumably matter to them.

That said, I do think this is mainly about discrediting Brennan among Trump's supporters. Mixed in with a health dose of Trumpian spite, and possibly some deep state conspiracy nonsense (Brennan is conspiring with deep state national security folk to undermine me!).
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El Guapo wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:20 pm I don't know about the first part. My understanding is that national security people will sometimes talk with predecessors to get input from them (since they've been there), and Brennan's security clearance being revoked would presumably matter to them.
In any sane timeline, that would be true and would be covered by the need-to-know requirement (i.e. consulting with him creates an explicit need-to-know for the purpose of that interchange). In our timeline, I would be shocked to find out that any of Trump's national security team have been overtly consulting with Brennan at any point in the last year or so, let alone up until his clearance was pulled. He has been persona non grata for quite a while now.

Perhaps instead of the phrase "left government" I should have said "became an enemy of the regime." :)
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Stop arguing with Rip. His position isn't genuine. It's just as likely he voted for Clinton or Stein. What he says here is for show and reaction.
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Blackhawk wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:33 pm Stop arguing with Rip. His position isn't genuine. It's just as likely he voted for Clinton or Stein. What he says here is for show and reaction.
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Arguing with Rip isn't a crime (although it is Sisyphean). Stand tall, Fitzy. Stand tall!
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hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:15 pm Arguing with Rip isn't a crime (although it is Sisyphean). Stand tall, Fitzy. Stand tall!
Well, speaking as a LAWYER, I can tell you that it is, in fact, a crime.
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Daaaaaaaaaamn
Ret. Adm. William H. McRaven wrote: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him.

Therefore, I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.
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Sepiche wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:01 pm Daaaaaaaaaamn
Ret. Adm. William H. McRaven wrote: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him.

Therefore, I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.
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What does his wife look like? Everyone knows that's the real indicator of the worth of a man.
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McCraven oversaw the Bin Laden mission, so clearly he is tainted by association with Barack Hussein Obama, whose birth certificate will be proven FAKE any day now. DEEP STATE!
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El Guapo wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:54 pm
hepcat wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:15 pm Arguing with Rip isn't a crime (although it is Sisyphean). Stand tall, Fitzy. Stand tall!
Well, speaking as a LAWYER, I can tell you that it is, in fact, a crime.
Conduct yourself accordingly.
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Just a quick side note here: Michael Flynn still has his security clearance.

But they think he should probably lose it now since he pleaded guilty to federal charges and all.
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Zarathud wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:23 pm I am glad to know Rip 100% supports cutting off Trump's security clearance the moment he brags about having secret info. That will be about -- minutes after impeachment or the expiration of his term.
I fully support him having exacly NO security clearance the moment he is no longer president. I wouldn't even let him read Confidential stuff.
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