175 more top officials across the board sign a letter of protest over Trump's removal of Brennan's security clearance. This is the third letter of protest adding up to nearly 250 written protests from former top members of security, federal lawyers, and the Pentagon. This list includes Nick Rasmussen, former Director of NCTC, Bill Burns, former Deputy Secretary of State, Doug Wise, former Deputy Director of DIA, Tony Lake, former National Security Advisor, Sean O’Keefe, former Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator, more than 10 former U.S. Ambassador's, and more than 20 former U.S. Attorneys. Here's the letter: "August 20, 2018 Statement From Former National Security Officials Regarding the Removal of Security Clearances In a recent statement 15 senior former senior intelligence officials expressed their strong opposition to actual or threatened removal of security clearances from former government officials. All of us believe it is critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure. But we believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so. Our signatures below do not necessarily mean that we concur with the opinions expressed by former CIA Director Brennan or the way in which he expressed them. What they do represent, however, is our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. Signed: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, former U.S. Ambassador Janet Armour, former CIA officer Jennifer Atala, former USAID officer Andrew P. Bakaj, former CIA officer and former official in the CIA’s inspector general’s office John B. Bellinger, III, former special assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and former Legal Counsel, NSC Jeff Benjamin, former CIA analyst and deputy national intelligence officer Rebecca Bill Chavez, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs Antony Blinken, former Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Advisor Beth Bloomfield, former CIA officer and assistant national intelligence officer Patty Brandmaier, former CIA senior intelligence officer Rebecca Brocato, former Director of Legislative Affairs, NSC James Bruce, former CIA analyst William J. Burns, former Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Daniel Byman, former CIA analyst and congressional intelligence committee staff member Chuck Campbell, former CIA Deputy Inspector General, station chief, and area division chief David W. Carey, former CIA Executive Director Mary Carney, former DOJ national security division official Milda M. Carroll, former CIA linguist James O. Carson, former CIA analyst and manager Welton Chang, former DIA analyst Derek Chollet, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Clarke, former NSC spokesperson A. Denis Clift, former President, National Intelligence University Sanford Coats, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Oklahoma Eliot A. Cohen, former Counselor of the Department of State and former member of the Defense Policy Advisory Board Sylvia Copeland, former CIA analyst and manager Mike Cotter, former U.S. Attorney, District of Montana Lanie D’Alessandro, former NRO Inspector General CIA Kyle S. Dabruzzi, former NCTC analyst Loren Dealy Mahler, former Director of Legislative Affairs, NSC Robert L. Deitz, former NSA General Counsel and former Senior Counselor to the Director, CIA Jack Duggan, former CIA analyst Jenny Durkan, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Washington Noah Eden, former branch chief, NCTC Yael Eisenstat, former CIA officer and former NCTC officer Tom Elmore, former CIA analyst and manager Dianna H. English, former NSC Director for African Affairs Rena Epstein, former CIA analyst and manager Ronald Estes, former CIA station chief and area division chief David B. Evans, former CIA open-source officer Peggy Evans, former CIA analyst and operations officer, OMB senior officer, and Budget Director, SSCI Evelyn N. Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia and former Executive Director, Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism Peter D. Feaver, former Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform, NSC Gerald M. Feierstein, former U.S. Ambassador and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Eric Feldman, former CIA assistant inspector general and former NRO inspector general Jon Finer, former Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning, State Department Stephanie Finley, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Louisiana Paul Fishman, former U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey Stephen J. Flanagan, former national intelligence officer and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, NSC Robert Fountain, former CIA analyst and manager Paul Frandano, former CIA analyst and manager Joshua A. Geltzer, former Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Deputy Legal Advisor to the NSC and former Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the DOJ Roger George, former CIA analyst and former national intelligence officer Mike GIbson, former CIA manager and analyst Deborah Gilg, former U.S. Attorney, District of Nebraska Mary Beth Goodman, former NSC senior director and former foreign service officer Ryan Greer, former State Department policy advisor for counterterrorism Anne Gruner, former Deputy Director Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center, CIA Jay Gruner, former four-time CIA station chief and area division chief Steven L. Hall, former CIA station chief Luke Hartig, former Senior Director for Counterterrorism, NSC staff Laura Heard, former CIA analyst and manager Gail Helt, former CIA analyst Margaret H. Henoch, former CIA operations officer and manager David Hickton, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania Jonna Hiestand Mendez, former CIA senior tech operations officer Bruce Hoffman, former Scholar-in-Residence for Counterterrorism, CIA and former Commissioner, 43354 Review Commission Paul Hollingsworth, former CIA station chief Brett Holmgren, former Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, NSC Vicki Huddleston, former U.S. Ambassador Ralph Hughes, former CIA station chief Robert Hultslander, former CIA officer William Inboden, former Senior Director for Strategic Planning, NSC Martin Indyk, former Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations George Jameson, former CIA legal and policy official Deborah K. Jones former U.S Ambassador Dallas Jones III, former CIA analyst Nate Jones, former director of counterterrorism, NSC staff Jonathan H. Kaplan, former CIA officer and former official in the CIA Inspector General’s office Art Keller, former CIA case officer Abigail Keyes, former CIA analyst Paul Kolbe, former CIA station chief David Kris, former Assistant Attorney General for National Security Sarah Labowitz, former State Department policy advisor Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor John A. Lauder, former Director of CIA’s DCI Nonproliferation Center and former Deputy Director of the NRO for National Support Anne Lauer, former CIA analyst and manager Barbara A. Leaf, former U.S. Ambassador Michael LeFever, Vice Admiral (Retired), U.S. Navy Michael E. Leiter, former Director, NCTC Douglas Letter, former Director, Civil Division Appellate Staff, DOJ Michele Lewis, former CIA officer William Lewis, former CIA analyst and manager Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania John MacGaffin, former CIA Associate Deputy Director for Operations Ronald Machen, former U.S. Attorney, District of the District of Columbia Kelly E. Magsamen, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs Elizabeth Manak, former CIA analyst Mark E. Matthews, former Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence Kenneth J. Maxwell, former Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Counterterrorism Branch, New York Field Office, FBI Samir S. Mayekar, former Director of National Security, White House Office of Presidential Personnel Mary B. McCord, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, DOJ Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan Antonio J. Mendez, former CIA senior tech operations officer James N. Miller, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Paul D. Miller, former CIA analyst and former Director NSC staff Tom Minehart, former CIA analyst Raymond A. Mislock Jr., former FBI agent and former CIA Director of Security Michael Mislock, former CIA operations officer Whitney Mislock, former CIA analyst Lisa Monaco, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism, former Assistant Attorney General for National Security Karen Monaghan, former CIA manager and analyst Michael Moore, former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia Margaret R. Munson, former Director for Administration, DIA and former Director, Defense Security Service Michael F. Munson, former Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency and Director of Plans, President George W. Bush’s Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction William D. Murray, former CIA officer and station chief Malcolm Nance, former U.S. Navy cryptologist and former special intelligence collection officer Bill Nettles, former U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina Tom Nides, former Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources William M. Nolte, former CIA officer, former Deputy ADCI for Analysis, former Chancellor, National Intelligence University System Aaron O’Connell, former Director of Defense Policy and Strategy, NSC staff Sean O’Keefe, former NASA Administrator and Secretary of the Navy Wendy Olson, former U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho Bruce Pease, former CIA analyst and manager Kathy Pherson, former intelligence community official Randy Pherson, former CIA analyst and former national intelligence officer Channing Phillips, former U.S. Attorney, District of the District of Columbia Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador William Piekney, former CIA station chief and area division Steven Pifer, former U.S. Ambassador and Foreign Service officer Jeffrey Prescott, former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Ripley Rand former U.S. Attorney, Middle District of North Carolina Nick Rasmussen, former Director NCTC Martijn Rasser, former CIA analyst Bruce Reidel, former CIA analyst and national intelligence officer Elizabeth Reidel, former CIA analyst Chris Ribeiro, former CIA analyst Michael Roosevelt, former CIA analyst Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia and former Chief of Staff, FBI Daniel J. Rosenthal, former Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the DOJ, former Senior Associate Counsel to the Director of National Intelligence Dennis Ross, former Director of Policy Planning, State Department, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the Central Region, NSC Norman T. Roule, former CIA station chief and former ODNI Mission Manager for Iran Barry Royden, former Director of Counterintelligence, CIA Karen Rozbicki, former CIA analyst, operations analyst, and sourcing officer Frank J. Ruocco, former CIA Deputy Director for Administration Erin Ryan, former CIA analyst Lucia Schoelwer, former CIA analyst, operational targeting officer, and intelligence educator Michele Serocki Blum, former CIA linguist Dana Shell Smith, former U.S. Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs James M. Simon Jr.,former CIA analyst and former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Administration Jennifer E. Sims, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence Coordination Jeffrey Smith, former CIA General Counsel L. Brit Snider, former CIA Inspector General and General Counsel of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mary Anne Sotos former CIA collection management officer Ali Soufan, former FBI special agent Suzanne Spaulding, former CIA Assistant General Counsel, former DCI Nonproliferation Center Legal Advisor, and former Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Division, DHS Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO Carter Stewart, former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio Seth Stodder, former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Cindy Storer, former CIA analyst Jake Sullivan, former Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and former Director of Policy Planning, State Department Kevin Techau, former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Iowa William Tobey, former Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration Anne Tompkins, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of North Carolina Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Alabama John Vaudreuil, former U.S. Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin Michael Vickers, former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Samantha Vinograd, former Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor John Walsh, former U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado Clint Watts, former FBI special agent Stephen White, former CIA analyst Harold Wilcox, former CIA analyst Douglas H. Wise, former CIA operations officer and former Deputy Director DIA" Looks like Trump has some more security clearances to revoke,
Don't you just love all these alternative facts, and all the winning, and the great health insurance, and all the Unified Americans, and the infrastructure bill, and all the Mexican children in cages, and the new found friendship with Little Rocket Man, and the New Embassy in Jerusalem which is paid for by Big Sheldon...so Jesus could come back on the Harley Davison Motorcycle that was made in Indonesia...wearing make up made in China at one of the Trump factories which did not make it back to America...because Ryan Zinkie Twinky sold the public land to the multi-national corporation...after Cohen wrote up the non-disclosure agreement. Wow! That's a lot of winning!
Truth isn't truth...Stormy Daniels didn't feel any thing...not a thing...it was over so quick! The money paid for sex went so quick! It was like...like not even a payment for sex...that's the truth!
Indeed! However, I took the time to review several of her videos, some of them a couple of times. From this I conclude that Trump made a wise purchasing decision. Consider how many other public figures are caught with skanks who couldn't break even at a truck stop. So I have at least some respect for a guy who can make a good deal on such a matter. I've had a few rentals over the years (I was a sailor after all) and some were certainly better than others. Once you find a good one, you become a regular any way you can (sold my golf clubs once).
All those hoping and wishing that the president will be brought down should begin to start considering the opposite. With each passing day, it’s more obvious that Muller has absolutely nothing on the big orange guy. Not only that, but there seems to have been a conspiracy at the highest levels of the DOJ to spy on his campaign using some ridiculous made up dossier to secure highly sensitive FISA warrants to do so. If this is true, not only will they have failed to stop him from winning, or from taking office, but he will become bulletproof and a bigger folk hero than he already is. He wasn’t supposed to win. All hinged on a Clinton victory when all this stuff would remain secret. There are many shoes left to drop.
Obvious? How so? Mueller is a professional prosecutor and is keeping what he has or doesn't have close to his chest until he determines it's time to bring it forward. So when you say that it's "obvious that Muller has absolutely nothing on the big orange guy", it's obvious you're talking out your ass, or more accurately, repeating the Giulianni/Fox and Friends talking points. It ain't over till its over.
Just Remember the " Teflon Don" (John Gotti) Mafia Boss,the Government kept trying to get him,But he just kept getting aquited,thus the Teflon moniker,no charges would stick,until, after they kept hammering away,I think they put him away on recketering charges.The Dems will keep hammering away until they make something stick.Or the four years runs out first.Unless we are all incinerated first. On the Parade this Idiot wants,America has never had a military parade with tanks and missiles and such,our might needs no parade,it is on Duty around the World everyday.
Mueller oversaw the investigation that convicted Gotti. From Wiki: "In 1992, Gotti was convicted of five murders, conspiracy to commit murder, racketeering, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, illegal gambling, extortion, and loansharking."
This is one of the troubling aspects of the Trump administration. The personal religious views of a billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson (worth $30 billion) are dictating U.S. foreign policy. Adelson finally got his embassy in Jerusalem that people think will help prophecy along its way. Similarly, billionaire Ike Perlmutter (who is worth $4 billion and lives down the street from Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion) of Marvel Entertainment is a shadow director of the Veterans Administration. Those who have billed themselves as dissidents railing against DC establishment politics in favor of an outsider should be questioning themselves about why they think turning over their country to the billionaire friends of Trump is better.
Mike Pence was ejaculating with joy when he heard the US Embassy was being moved to Jerusalem. Christian Fundis like him think they have the authority to expedite the return of Jesus.
Great news! And Manafort was convicted for tax evasion, for not filing required tax forms, for false returns, for bank fraud, and God knows what else. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the rest of it, so he got a mistrial on the rest, meaning he will be tried again. And, he still has the second trial in three weeks. A pardon will make Trump look real bad, after Cohen said Trump directed him...and he will cooperate more since he was Trump's lawyer for so long. Just yesterday John Dean said Trump's got some serious problems. And I've known that all along. The dude has some serious problems. The Trump organized crime family is falling apart. Kushner might have to re-register as a woman again when he goes to vote in 2020...if he's not in a cell with Don Jr.
The law worked. The Jury convicted. Now Trump is saying the Manafort conviction is a disgrace. I wonder what he will say about Cohen's cooperation? I wonder if he will call Vlad for some comforting words?