Top former intelligence bosses speak out in favor of John Brennan

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Source: CBS

Twelve former directors and deputy directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and a former Director of National Intelligence signed a letter of support for former CIA director John Brennan, calling the signal sent by the White House's decision to strip him of his security clearance "inappropriate" and "deeply regrettable."

"We feel compelled to respond in the wake of the ill-considered and unprecedented remarks and actions by the White House," the senior officials wrote. "We know John to be an enormously talented, capable and patriotic individual who devoted his entire adult life to the service of this nation."

The letter's signees include former Directors of Central Intelligence William Webster, George Tenet and Porter Goss; former CIA directors Gen. Michael Hayden, Leon Panetta and Gen. David Petraeus; former director of national intelligence James Clapper; and former deputy CIA directors John McLaughlin, Stephen Kappes, Avril Haines, David Cohen and Michael Morell, who is also a CBS News senior national security contributor.

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"[W]e all agree that the president's action," they wrote, "has nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances – and everything to do with an attempt to stifle free speech."

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-former-intelligence-bosses-speak-out-in-favor-of-brennan/

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Kaitlan Collins tweet including the complete joint statement:

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[George II]

2. Note to the dumpster - "DON'T PISS OFF THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT YOU!"

[SayItLoud]

3. tRUMP kicked the WOOOOOOORNG group of people.

You can rest assured that everyone of the signers of that joint statement speak for hundreds if not thousands of women and men in defense and security of America. A lotta shit's about to hit the tRUMP fan.

[Scurrilous]

4. K&R

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Pretty strongly worded.

"has nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances – and everything to do with an attempt to stifle free speech."

This goes beyond mere speaking out in favor of Brennan and into flatly accusing the administration of blatant obstruction. Bipartisan too. Petreaus!

[defacto7]

6. Kick

[eggplant]

7. Note the (clearly intentional) lower case p in president.

[True Blue American]

8. Add Admiral McCraven to that list

The man who over saw the Bin Laden Parade!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/william-mcraven-commander-of-the-osama-bin-laden-raid-asks-trump-to-revoke-his-security-clearance/2018/08/16/32a948fe-a192-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.320939f78aea

Also, Military Parade postponed until at least 2019.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. "David Petraeus"

Oh my.

[Zorro]

10. Hope someone asks Sarah Huckleberry Saddlebags about this today

and whether they and McRaven are gonna have their security clearances stripped.

[ck4829]

11. K&R