Brennan: Called Trump a ‘traitor.’ Now Trump’s taken away his security clearances.
There's more than meets the eye to President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the security clearances that ex-CIA Director John Brennan enjoyed as a courtesy customarily afforded former directors. The President's move is the second major sign that Brennan is about to be hoisted on his own petard. It is one embroidered with rhetoric charging Trump with treason and, far more important, with documents now in the hands of congressional investigators showing Brennan's ringleader role in the so-far unsuccessful attempts to derail Trump both before and after the 2016 election.
Brennan will fight hard to avoid being put on trial but will need united support from from his Deep State co-conspirators-a dubious proposition. One of Brennan's major concerns at this point has to be whether the "honor-among-thieves" ethos will prevail, or whether some or all of his former partners in crime will latch onto the opportunity to "confess" to investigators: "Brennan made me do it."
Comment: We can only hope that Brennan get his just deserts, but as seasoned intelligence officer McGovern rightfully points out - the establishment media will likely come out strong for the arch-criminal (no matter how damning the information is about him). Such is the awful state of politics and media power at the close of US imperial existence.