Just more evidence Brennen thinks he has special privileges and is the gate keeper in Washington and can do and say whatever he pleases without accountability.
He needs a good hard attitude adjustment.
@DB Thinking that YOU own a security clearance instead of the government is arrogance on a massive scale.
The government grants them,and the government can take them away for any reason at all,or even no reason at all. I had a Top Secret Crypto clearance when I was discharged from the army,and when I took a contract job as a consultant with the Special Warfare School at Ft.Bragg back in the 90's,I had to apply for a security clearance all over again. This time I only got a Secret Clearance,which was really a step higher than I actually needed. A Confidential clearance would have been high enough,but I guess they decided to go with a Secret clearance in case I was accidentally exposed to or heard something requiring a Secret clearance to know.
I have no doubt it was pulled the day I quit working for them. Why wouldn't it be,when I no longer needed it because I would no longer be exposed to classified material or methods? The clearance belonged to the US Army and the NSA,NOT me. It was just a tool I needed temporarily to do the job they had hired me to do,and once I was no longer doing that job WTH would I still need the security clearance?
They let me drive military vehicles and carry military weapons while I was on that job,too,so does that mean I would get to keep the vehicles and weapons? Of course not!
What the HELL is wrong with these people? Have they had senior government positions for so long they actually think THEY are the government?