Trump Revokes Clearance Of Ex-CIA Boss Brennan, Puts Other Critics On Notice

Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan at a congressional hearing in 2017. President Trump revoked Brennan’s security clearance claiming he was “erratic.” Brennan has been one of Trump’s harshest critics in the national security community

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Updated at 5:54 p.m. ET

President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, who has become an outspoken critic of the president.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced the move on Wednesday following an earlier discussion about pulling the clearance held by Brennan and a group of other targets.