Admiral who oversaw Bin Laden raid to Trump: 'Revoke my security clearance, as well' [View all]
In an open letter, retired four-star Admiral William McRaven said he stands with former CIA Director John Brennan, whose security clearance was stripped by President Trump.
by Jonathan Allen / Aug.16.2018 / 3:28 PM ET / Updated Aug.17.2018 / 6:10 AM ET
WASHINGTON — The architect of the Osama bin Laden raid said Thursday that it was a badge of honor for former CIA Director John Brennan to have his security clearance stripped by President Donald Trump.
"I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency," William McRaven, a retired four-star admiral, wrote in an open letter to Trump in the Washington Post. "Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him."
McRaven was responding to Trump's decision to rescind Brennan's access to classified information, a move the president announced in a statement read by press secretary Sarah Sanders Wednesday. Brennan "has recently leveraged his status ... to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations, wild outbursts on the internet and on television, about this administration," Trump said in that statement.
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