Michael Hayden says he, too, would be honored if Trump revoked his security clearance
Source: CNN
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN
Updated 12:33 PM ET, Sun August 19, 2018
Washington (CNN)Former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden said Sunday that he'd be fine with having his security clearance revoked, as President Donald Trump threatened to do to him and other former intelligence officials who have been critical of the President.
Hayden made the comment on CNN's "State of the Union" when asked about a recent op-ed from retired Adm. William McRaven, who oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In his piece, McRaven issued a stunning rebuke of Trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, whom the former naval officer called "a man of unparalleled integrity." He added that he "would consider it an honor" if Trump also took away his clearance "so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency."
Asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if he too would be honored to lose his security clearance, Hayden said, "Well, to be included in that group? Sure."
"And frankly, if his not revoking my clearance gave the impression that I somehow moved my commentary in a direction more acceptable to the White House, I would find that very disappointing and frankly unacceptable," Hayden, a frequent critic of Trump, added.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/intelligence-chiefs-michael-hayden-john-brennan-cnntv/index.html
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)and he cowering in his russian-republican bunker.
* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
thbobby
(1,474 posts)The gop - the party of law and order? the party of national security?
No, gop - the mobster party. Propaganda about family values, law and order, national security. Fuck all those lies when gop can steal elections. Right fantasy Nazis?
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)He has respect for our country and self respect...the fucking moron has neither. RESIST!
Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)are not calling Trump out because of politics. They are not running for office where a break with Trump might be advantageous. They recognize that Trump's actions are a serious threat to national security.
Pathwalker
(6,598 posts)with Trump taking away so many security clearances from these intelligence experts. While we know tRump is just acting out of petty spite, perhaps John Bolton and his cadre of Neocons might be pushing this so they can gin up some phony intelligence to lie us into another war. Does yellow cake ring a bell?
Does anyone else worry about this?
Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)WHERE is Colin Powell? Has he gone unable to speak?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Never heard of the guy.
Grasswire2
(13,570 posts)They're GONE.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and then seems to have disappeared
duforsure
(11,885 posts)The greatest threat of our National security is trump having his security clearance to undermine it with against us.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)JarJar Kushner received permanent security clearance in May, based on his qualifications as... Ivankas bed-mate (presumably; they could have separate sleeping arrangements).
Were so fucked!
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)...With the entire national security apparatus going against him, is someone going to bump this guy off?
(please don't pile on to me, I want the electoral process and the institutions to fix this. I am asking a deeply hypothetical, if cynical, question. My mother overheard others in Germany at a restaurant asking when this would finally happen... So the whole world is concerned...)
Hekate
(90,690 posts)...on a discussion board so many of us have called home for so many years. If nothing else, it invites unwanted attention.