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Trump Considering Revoking ex-Obama Officials' Clearance

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances
   of a half dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of
   his presidency.
   White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the
   president is "exploring the mechanisms" to strip clearance from former
   CIA director John Brennan, along with former FBI director Jim Comey,
   former national intelligence director James Clapper and others.

   Sanders is accusing the officials of having "politicized and in some
   cases monetized their public service and security clearances" as well
   as "making baseless accusations" against the president.
   Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky tweeted earlier Monday that he
   was planning to raise the issue of revoking Brennan's clearance at a
   meeting with Trump.
   Brennan last week described Trump's press conference with Russian
   President Vladimir Putin as "nothing short of treasonous."