I do not share my friend David French's theoretical constitutional concerns about the president's revocation of security clearances - at least when it comes to former government officials who become media commentators and have no demonstrable need for a security clearance.
That justifies the revocation of former CIA director John Brennan's clearance.
The yanking of Brennan's security clearance is not only warranted, it is way overdue.
There are obviously a few high-level security positions in our government, as well as positions in highly sensitive ongoing security operations, in which it makes sense for officials to maintain their clearances when they leave government service.
While I am skeptical, I am willing to assume for argument's sake - as did the D.C. Circuit in Palmieri v. United States, the case David French cites - that a current government official or contractor may have some cognizable liberty interest in not having his security clearance arbitrarily revoked.
Because I worked on national-security cases in the Justice Department, I had a high security clearance.
As a matter of objective fact, John Brennan should not have a security clearance.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/john-brennan-security-clearance-revocation-justified/
That justifies the revocation of former CIA director John Brennan's clearance.
The yanking of Brennan's security clearance is not only warranted, it is way overdue.
There are obviously a few high-level security positions in our government, as well as positions in highly sensitive ongoing security operations, in which it makes sense for officials to maintain their clearances when they leave government service.
While I am skeptical, I am willing to assume for argument's sake - as did the D.C. Circuit in Palmieri v. United States, the case David French cites - that a current government official or contractor may have some cognizable liberty interest in not having his security clearance arbitrarily revoked.
Because I worked on national-security cases in the Justice Department, I had a high security clearance.
As a matter of objective fact, John Brennan should not have a security clearance.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/john-brennan-security-clearance-revocation-justified/
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