The former CIA director has been a vocal critic of President Trump, appearing mostly on CNN.
There have been calls to revoke many of the former Obama officials of their security clearances, but this is just the first move.
According to The Hill:
President Trump on Wednesday revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.“As the head of the executive branch and the commander in chief, I have a unique constitutional responsibility to protect the nation’s classified information, including by controlling access to it,” Trump said in a statement, read by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Wednesday’s press briefing.
Trump also said he is still reviewing access to classified information for several former intelligence officials, including James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Bruce Ohr.Each of those individuals has made statements critical of the president in the past.
