i've never been a big john brennan fan. you remember also that john brennan was involved with hacking into the democrats computers when they were doing the research into torture and waterboarding. they illegally, and he eventually apologized, not before sort of lying at first and saying that they didn't do it, but john brennan has a very, very sketchy history of doing things and abusing power, so he needs to not be getting that information because i think he has a history of doing things for partisan reasons and also things that the cia is not supposed to do, which is spy on senators and on their computers. >> martha: went to the president say about brendan? >> i think he's not really happy with brendan and the others. does anybody remember five or ten years ago when people retired from the cia, they might go on television but they sort of act like statesmen. they act like retired statesmen and they would weigh in on affairs from 60,000 feet, but you didn't have them saying vote democrat, you didn't have them calling the pr

you know john brennan. the caa we put it up on the screen last night, if you want your clearance you've got to act as the same way a current cia employee would react. >> for the rank and file retired intelligence officers who retain security clearance because they have a job to do as a contractor back in the intelligence committee which requires the clearance -- secondly there's no evidence that john brennan and jim klapper has revealed classified information. they have willfully spoken untruths not based on intelligence. jim klapper claims russians tilted the election to donald trump, not true and contradicts the intelligence that was produced which he presided. brennan claims that he could blackmail trump, there is no evidence to support that claim. they aren't exactly revealing classified information. >> sean: i know you have a thing or two to say on this. >> i have three things to say, number one since the cia was created in 1947, no cia director has behaved as the grace disgrs john brennan. he's attack

how does john brennan -- i want to understand this sincerely, but how does allowing john brennan who is a cable news pontificate or and political extremist, how does giving him a top-secret clearance when he doesn't work for the government, how does that work for america? >> i'm glad you asked that. >> tucker: that's why the show raised it originally. >> people like him whether you like it or not are valuable resources to people who are currently in the intelligence industry who are serving under this administration. they've got a lot of contextual knowledge and a lot of experience in their are a lot of people who can match that. >> tucker: just to be clear, he never served as a spy, he's a political guy. he was not out in a trench coat in vienna in the 80s fighting the soviets, he was a desk guy appointed by obama to his post. he's entirely political and is making statements accusing the president of treason, threatening the president for whom the cia works directly. their job is to inform the president, this guy is the president's political enemy -- i'm not against it but in what w

quoting "is john brennan monetizing his security clearance? is john brennan making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on donald trump?" senator paul appears to be referring at least in part to the comments made by john brennan about president trump's press conference in helsinki. where he wrote "it was nothing short of treasonous. not only were trump's comments in mesilla, he is holy in the pocket of putin." republican patriots, where are you? brennan has been highly critical of the president and his role as national security analyst for liberal msnbc. >> i think mr. trump is not sophisticated enough unfortunately to deal with these foreign leaders in a manner that's going to protect u.s. national security interests. i think he is naive and these issues. >> tonight on the story with martha maccallum, ron paul was asked about brennan and the prospect of having his security. >> now he is a talking head on the outside saying basically president trump should be executed. that's what we do for treason. so

john brennan has a history of this. rob: joining me with reaction is cia operative mike baker. you listen to rand paul he makes a pretty good point that sounds logical but when you look at this list of the six people the president wants to maybe take away that clearance from, you see a lot of his worst enemies. that makes people think this is political. >> it certainly appears that way. he is in uncharted territory here. on both sides. we have never seen this public animosity and criticism from former heads of the intel community, john brennan, tremendous experience. the fact that he is out there and so vocal is unusual, extremely unusual. now that you have got director comey and mccabe who don't have security clearances anymore so this appears to have been fired off without a lot of thought so it does appear vindictive on his part. rob: he has 4 million people with security clearances into million with top-secret clearances. and the cottage industry, and retain clearances and use that as a hiring element at an attractive point for commercial companies, they don't have to front

brennan, quote, is john brennan monetizing his security clearance, making millions of dollars divulging secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on donald trump. senator paul appears to be referring at least in part to comments made by john brennan about donald trump's press conference in helsinki when he wrote it was nothing short of treasonous blues not only were trump's comment imbecilic, he is holy in the pocket of vladimir putin. republican paychecks the patriots would argue.u he has been, the president and his role as a national security analyst for liberal msnbc. >> mister trump is not sophisticated enough to deal with these foreign leaders in a manner that will reflect the us extraditions. >> with martha maccallum, rand paul was asked about brennan and the prospect of having his security clearance pooled. >> now he is a talking head on the outside saying donald trump should be executed. that is what we do for treason. i'm concerned about him having privileges because his past history. >> a spokesman for brennanay sa the former cia chief does not profit off of his securit

we know john brennan was there. he was there when the president was shown the texts and the e-mails and explained the source close to vladimir putin and how they know all of this and how they know that vladimir putin personally ordered it. john brennan was there when this information was delivered to this president. and so he has had to endure all of these public comments the president has made since then that contradict everything that he was told that day. >> sure. and, you know, we knew on some level when the intelligence chiefs came out and told us unanimously and unequivocally that russia interfered in the election that russia interfered in the election with the intention of helping donald trump that they had a basis for saying that. and we could have also assumed that their basis for saying that was something that they appropriately shared with the president elect. but seeing in black and white in this new york times story the nature of that information, the detailed nature of that information, adding to it th

you know, john brennan says dope things all odopey things all of. he was a hillary clinton sycophant. and more than anybody else, he was propagating the anti-trump fabricated dossier to congress and members of the media. and you know, i write about this extensively, and him, in my book. lou: your book is entitled. >> "the russian hoax." lou: with that, as we fight to make you number one and of course judge janine as well, we say thank you for being here. we appreciate it as always. we know you'll achieve your dreams of being number one. >> thanks to you. lou: in part. i think sean hannity has had something to do with the marketing aspect of it all, you know. and we entrust to you that title. that title nails it "the russia hoax." you should get a copy to vladimir putin. >> now there's an idea. but i would be acushione accusef collusion. lou: you know what? you'll be in great company. thanks for being with us. vote in the poll. the question is, do you think the national left wing media is consciously ignoring president trump's top stance against russ

why does john brennan still have a security clearance? it should be revoked. answers later on intimates angl angle. -- in tonight's angle. newsbreak. it's crazy. everything at the last minute. even outside the white house, he has the president's ear. whom i talking about? former white house chief of staff reince priebus will join us. he will offer insights into the president's thinking on russia, communications, what is going on with the chief of staff, and the current controversy about this tape being released. later we will dive into two explosive cases, one involving police and race in a caught on camera moment in georgia. we'll get into that and a lot more coming up on "the ingraham angle." i have to tell you something. when regard giuliani on the phone and we got our slate of guests, you're going to want to buckle up. tonight, breaking news. cnn claims to have gotten their hands on recordings between then candidate donald trump and his then attorney michael cohen. the tapes were provided by cohen's now current lawyer. he used to be out there. he has an ol

john brennan and other partisans should have their security clearances revoked. he continued, public officials should not use their security clearances to leverage speaking fees or network talking head fees. paul later added that he wants the ban to be more universal in comments he made once again on "fox news." >> i told the president in private what i have been saying in public, that i think there's a great danger to having talking heads on tv who are ex-cia agents and still have classified clearance. there's a real danger they might inadvertently reveal classified information. but i would make it more universal. i don't think that ex-cia agents of any stripe who are now talking heads should continue to get classified information. i think it is wrong. >> democrats reacted with strong words about the white house's proposal. senator of hawaii tweeted, this is what totalitarianism looks like, while virginia's mark warner likened the move to totalitarian regimes. >> i think it is a feeble attempt by the white house to change the conversation. they don't want to tal

liz: senator rand paul slammed john brennan. >> john brennan started out by voting for communist party presidential candidate, and he is most biased bigoted, over the top, hyperbolic unhinged direct over of cia that we've had. liz: wasn't john brennan the guy who said that cia did not spy to senate intelligence committee? but they did. >> absolutely, he lead to congress, and i understand that congress sun popular, they have a constitutional responsible of overseeing people like brennan and the cia. you are right, to me that is more damning than the fact he supported a communist at one point is, fact that his agency under his direction spied on the united states congress. on u.s. staff in an effort to thwart oversight, that is astonishing. if you take that put it in of context of what of so alarming about the early investigation into some people surrounding trump, president trump or then candidate trump, during the presidential campaign. you know, it you see a pattern. liz: john brennan, it could be james clapper oharry reid. real bring you back. but your reacted on this, in white house

and john brennan. john brennan was working for the white house at this time. and tucker carlson was making a very good point last night. all the people screaming the loudest right now are people who have been in charge of our foreign policy. going back 30, 40 years. the reason donald trump got elected. by the way got elected making promises about trying to reset and re -- you know, reengage russia in a more positive relationship, he got elected in order to get rid of all of those people. i think americans have heard their side of the story and they don't want to hear them anymore. ainsley: is that a bad thing to want to reset and have a relationship with russia. >> no it's not. trump did this yesterday when he his course correction. when he gets back to talking about trying to have a more hopeful, constructive relationship with russia, is he back to winning. that's great. you know, he had -- he had one bad day on monday. and it wasn't even that bad when you compare it to all the bad days that obama and john brennan and all these people have had before him. ain

>> president trump: i think john brennan is a very bad guy, a lot of things happened under his watch. i think is a very bad person. i think if you watch peter strzok and lisa page, comey, take a look at that and mccabe who has big problems i assume -- you look at the deception, the lies and what's gone on in the last fairly long period of time. before i won. i guess probably during the republican when i was fighting against 17 other republicans -- this has been going on for a long time. these are people who in my opinion are bad people. they are being exposed for what they are and it's a shame that it has to happen but it's really hurt our country. >> tucker: their view is that the united states is forever in conflict with russia which is our chief global adversary and anyone who doesn't believe that is betraying the united states. why do you think there is this bipartisan consensus on that? >> president trump: it's incredible you look at world war i and world war ii, there was germany. and in world war ii, russia lost 50 million people and helped us win the war. i was saying to mysel

john brennan, jim comey and andrew mccabe and others. yesterday she explained the thinking behind the move saying they politicized and some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia street extremely inappropriate. the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence. >> sarah sanders. many say the accusations are baseless. this is nick shapiro, a spokesman for mr. brennan saying john brennan hasn't made one penny off his clearance since leaving the government. one doesn't need a security clearance to speak out against the failings of trump. michael hayden said this, i don't go back for classified briefings. won't have any effect on what i say or write and a spokesperson for andrew mccabe, who you might remember was removed from his position, she said that andrew mccabe's security clearance was deactivated when he was terminated. you think the white house would ch

john brennan, james comey and you can see michael hayden and james clapper and susan rice and andrew mccabe. that could be for starters. it's already start add firestorm in washington today. welcome. i'm neil cavuto, this is "your world." security clearance revoke not yet but for those six former obama administration ofs,

john brennan gets a security clearance, why not the homeless guy talking to himself on the bus? it seems like a fair question. apparently the white house agreed. the administration announced that it is seeking to remove clearances for john brennan, jim clapper, and other former officials who do not work for the government, because why would they have security clearances? that would not be a very big story, but things are not normal right now, here's how the geniuses on cable news reacted, watch. >> this is an abuse of executive power. this is to juan's turkey. >> that is exactly what you see in regimes. it is childish, it is petty. >> this is so extraordinary, the last thing that you want in intelligence is partisanship. >> that you would turn against them in a way that disrespects repressed is an autocratic kind of move. something that you would see the banana republic. >> tucker: autocratic, first they came for john brennan security clearance and i said nothing. barf. next time you hear some blowhard on television warning about creeping authoritarianism, ask yourself, am i for

he is blasting john brennan for accusing him of treason. griff jenkins has more on the president's reaction to the backlash. we are okay, are you? >> reporter: no stopping. walk back time at the white house after blistering bipartisan criticism, the president reaffirmed he has full faith in the intelligence community and clarified his remarks in helsinki when he responded to a question asking if he believes regarding election meddling. >> a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. >> reporter: later in an exclusive interview with tucker he went on the attack against former cia director john brennan who accused him of treason. >> i think brennan is a very bad guy. if you look at a lot of things happened under his watch, a very bad person. >> reporter: twitter, the president maintained the summit was successful writing the meeting between pres. putin and myself was a great success except in the fake news media. about

a senator paul talking about john brennan calling it treason. by the way, one can understand a certain reluctance on the part of the president to bless the intelligence agencies, given his experience with the fbi, with comey, mccabe and john brennan was the head of the cia. look, he said today, he tried to clear it up today, he basically admitted error. some people say i don't believe it, i believe what he said yesterday. the real test is what he's done. what is his policy? and his policy has been very tough on russia. putin said yesterday that he would have supported trump for president or did support them. why would you support a very for president who want to increase the american military, strengthen the hand of nato, do what president trump is done, which is given missile defense to poland. given lethal aid to the ukraine, thrown out russian diplomats left and right. russian mercenaries have been killed because of our actions in syria. that to me is the test. it's better to have your talk and your language consistent with your actions. but

john brennan a little more circumspect but pretty aggressive lately. you make a statement in your book are the complementary to the president. mike flynn i think of you sitting at the table together took a different path. whatever you think of donald trump he became one of the most aggressive flamethrowers that we have seen. obviously that's not end well. what you think happened? >> you have to salute mike's 30 plus years. very distinguished military career. it's probably spent more time deployed in afghanistan or iraq and most of the army contemporaries. i salute that service yet today. i was of coefficient at his ceremony to lieutenant general. you work for me as a staffer about 11 months. i supported him for his direction as direction of the defense. an agency i have but in the '90s. so special concern of mine. for one reason or another, did not work out. my concern was mike's impact on the workforce. doctor mike vickers who preceded me also had a role to oversee dia of her a different set of reasons my crew very concern. we agreed that we will term

breaking tonight, suing the cia over embattled former director john brennan and alleged leaks to then former top democrat harry reid. it is all in the wake of the trump administration threatening to pull brennan and other security clearances. do they have a case? stick around vinyl. chief intelligence correspond to catherine herridge is here tonight with new analysis on the heavily redacted fisa documents about former trump campaign advisor carter page. jason chaffetz uncovers meant matt gaetz join us live to investigate the fusion gps connection and answer the critics about what the fisa documents really tell us about

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>> where was john brennan, he was the prime mover, the lynchpin in a lot of this, he used the phoney dossier and one pushing it around the administration in many ways, he knew that he couldn't be involved domestically as head of cia, he got james comey and quite frankly harry reid to be patsies to do dirty work and i always thought that john brennan was the master behind all of this. >> when it became clear to me last summer that russia was engaged in aggressive and wide-ranging efforts to interview in one of the key fillers of democracy, focus on the issue, i believe the i was first u.s. officials to brace the russians on this matter. rob: when you listen to that, ned, we know john brennan hates the president, him and clapper can't stand the president, if you hear that, what do you make of that? >> i make of it that in the previous administration our justice department and our intelligence community were so partisan to leave behind protocol and use anything that's justification to weponized state against political opponent. again, at the end of the day, i was encouraged bob goodlatt

former cia directors john brennan, michael hayden, james clapper and former national security adviser susan rice as well as former fbi officials james comey and andrew mccabe. the problem, as you can see on that list, two of the people, james comey and andrew mccabe, don't have security clearances anymore. what we hear from sources is that this is going to be something that president trump is not in any way hurry to actually resolve. he may not even do this at all or any time soon. in part because this is about having the conversation, making this about former obama administration officials and ways of getting at what he calls the deep state. some people are taking it very seriously. listen to what james clapper, one of the individuals on that list, said about what this means if president trump is considering it. >> i think this is real abuse of the clearance system just to use it to attack political opponents or people that have been critical of the president. it has all kinds of first amendment implications, which are deeply disturbing. >> a lot of these former officials say that th

well -- >> well john brennan suggests the president was treasonous in the helsinki summit with putin. >> you can criticize. i think that given what we know and i saw that's over the line in terms of what's provable. at the same time, john brennan is former cia director speaking from his own experiences and expertise. okay. he's entitled to that opinion and to explain that opinion. you get to criticize public officials in this democracy. that's how it works. >> sabrina, two of the six people mentioned by the white house, james comey and andrew mccabe, formerly of the fbi, don't have security clearances any longer. >> i think that reinforces the fact that this is basically a politically motivated move by the president. that it's part of the broader efforts he has made to portray himself as the victim when it comes to the broader issue of russian interference in the u.s. election and the investigation that is related to that -- that it is a striking use of presidential power or even if it is within his authority because as others have pointed out it's essentially saying if you criticize

and this raises the whole concern of john brennan and myself and our speaking out no matter our views and that in itself is personal and i acknowledge that that is not a role i anticipated that i never would have thought of doing that. but we are under drift different circumstances now. i started this trying to defend the community that's all i had in mind than it involved to a broader role. >> not one that i planned or desired. but i felt after 50 years or so or more to defend the institution and values of this country i felt they were under assault. >> it must be painful and we will calm back to this because i have a few more questions with the structure and the nature but it must be painful and reading your book there isn't a partisan word in there as you criticize partisan activities on both sides but now john brennan it wouldn't begin to know with the stereotypes urgently with national security so it must be painful to see what i sent our efforts to defend the integrity of our process and as you say. lies will corrode the democracy john brennan is standing up for the integrity of

john brennan, jim comey and andrew mccabe and others.

john brennan and leon panetta. john brennan is a traitor, i will tell you why. he is the real traitor. what he did and what he has had recently about the president of the united states is despicable. he is personally responsible for the leaking of unmasked information, he was responsible for the sharing of false information to u.s. intelligence sources to get fisa warrants. he is personally responsible for the sharing of false information with american intelligence agencies, and he, i challenge him to a debate at the national press club for one hour, two hours, three hours about his role in the entire pre-election. about leon panetta, he should be ashamed of himself after what he did in benghazi when he kissed hillary clinton's fanny, now he thinks the russians may have something on the president to compromise him? shame on leon panetta, may he rot in hell. >> from what i'm understanding, we are still in the early days of investigating the domestic internal targeting of donald trump and his campaign. these are the early days. what we may find out is that the roo

the list includes former cia director john brennan who minced no words in his criticism of president trump's performance at the helsinki summit. the white house tonight accusing brennan and five others of politicizing their clearances could be seen as an act of political retaliation by the president against his critics. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented threat aimed at critics of the commander in chief's. the white house considering stripping the security clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> reporter: most of the officials have worked for democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactly what you just said the president doesn't want all these people doing? >> no, the president isn't making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a

he's john brennan monetizing his security clearance is john brennan making millions of dollars they volunteered secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on donald trump so even after leaving office they've still got power and connections that they could use to further their agenda on the intelligence. so whatever happened to a quiet retirement now in the air pocket from the new forces of emerging former top spies were turning to political activism they would happen artsy new york lee editor of defense and foreign affairs magazine gregory copley say in any other country such behavior would be considered treasonous but what we've seen lately and the last two years is. the situation with people like director of national intelligence clapper and the like brennan. and so on making it stream. comments designed deliberately to undermine the current u.s. government now who says this would be treasonable under most governments around the world there are profound cases of damage to the united states' image to the united states would be. to function in national security sense from what we've seen

brennan, he's the worst of them. james kleber, susan rice and michael hayden. destroyed trunk media basically -- well if trunk breathes they go into meltdown mode. >> sarah sanders they are, let's call it what it was, she threw a grenade in there when it comes to this moves which she is now saying the white house is considering not only revoking the security clearance to john brennan but also that of comey, clapper, mccabe and rice. >> there's really no way to look at this other than president trump wants to punish his critics. >> he>> wants to punish them in silence them as well perhaps. >> an unprecedented threat from the white house but it doesn't seem grounded in reality. >> this is a very dangerous day for democracy. this is the move evan autocrat, not an american president. >> this is nixonian, this is the president threatening to use his power. >> the other way is they use their power as a relates to the american electorate with russian lies that hillary paid for. the truth about our nation's great comeback, a

john brennan, also former fbi director james comey and several others. nbc'sou chief white correspondent hallie jackson is in washington with a growing backlash over that move. >> reporter: it is an unprecedented threat aimed at some critics of e commander in chief. the white house now considering stripping the secity clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicize and in some cases monetize their public s service andurity clearances. ave ost of the officials worked for both democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactl what you just said t president doesn't want all the people doing? >> no, the president inot making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a reference to john brennan, former cia director and nbc news national security and intelligence analyst who called last week's meeting w ph vladimin nothing short of treasonous. >> i equate it to

senator rand paul was raising the question earlier that perhaps john brennan's security clearance should be stripped. the white house confirmed that the president is indeed looking into that. and watch sarah sanders answering the question on this. she was reading from a prepared statement which means she'd given some thought to this. this is what she said. >> the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they've politicized and some cases monetized the public service and security clearances. making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by russia against the president is extremely inappropriate. >> reporter: so then she went on to name the people that the president is considering. it is unclear if it happens or this is something the president's simply speaking about. she said there's no set timetable of when this might happen, jake, but it is extraordinary to think about it. as far as we can see it's unprecedented. certainly for one president to do it to former officials from a recent administration, jake. >> as i noted a

he's to work with john brennan in the white house he's one of most honorable public servants i know he's worked for republicans and democrats he's as knowledgeable as any one of the threats the united states in the west faces today and for him to say these words i think we should all take very very seriously just three days ago the united states justice department donald trump's own justice department indicted twelve russians for interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential election to try to undermine american democracy for the president ited states to stand up today and raise questions about that say that he believes lattimer putin more than the u.s. intelligence community i think is treasonous so given what you said about this meeting and president trumps actions appearance of work within a russian strategy russia to one side do you think that there is any country that watch this press conference that has besides russia that has any cause to be pleased or indeed to be worried. what came out of it why there's plenty of countries who are going to be quite worried i think think many ma

i have been very concerned about john brennan. anyone who is calling basically the president treasonous which would require the death penalty is someone that is over the top and not showing the proper judgment to still have access to classified information. >> now we know the white house is, in fact, considering removing clearances not only from brennan but from other former obama officials like fbi director james comey, deputy director andrew mccabe. dni clapper, rice, and hayden. clapper said this. >> i think this is just a very, very petty, petty threatening to do. and that's about all i will say about it. >> and as all this begins, we should make it very clear clearances do not automatically terminate when officials leave that position but the post position clearance does not also give them access to current intelligence. todd, ainsley, steve? steve: griff, thank you for reporting live from our nation's capitol. there has been reaction from both sides. some people go yeah, he ought to do that because they did weaponize their i

what are your thoughts on john brennan's involvement? >> well, we have lots of questions for john brennan and he will definitely be sought by the committees for an interview. this is an extremely disturbing thing to see both he and james comey supposedly impartial government officials carrying out their jobs in very important areas in intelligence gathering and law enforcement express the kind of extreme bias that they've shown now which i think reflects quite accurately on what they were doing back in 2016. maria: so he's on your list of witnesses to have into interview >> absolutely. maria: who else is on that list? >> well, we're going to go through, we've received a list from the intelligence committee of literally dozens of people we're going through that list now and determining which ones are our priority. i think i would rather leave it at that but certainly we'll also be talking to director comey and former attorney general lynch. maria: let me ask you about lisa page. i know that you had behind closed door meetings with her but

that's what john brennan says. treasonous. are we talking, at least from your perspective, impeachment? >> well, i'll let that stand as it is, as to the responsibilities of the congress on impeachment. i would not have said it the way john did. i said it the way i said it. john can say it the way he wants to say it. as to impeachment, we'll see how this plays out. that's a congressional responsibility. they must -- the congress must do what they think is in the interest of this country, not only for our present but always for our future. >> secretary hagel, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you know, the reaction is really pouring in, michelle, from all over the world. you just heard the german foreign minister, but others here in europe. and we're right in helsinki right now. people are gasping. they're wondering what is going on with the president of the united states. >> yeah, to be very blunt, we're hearing words like i feel sick, this is frightening, calling it an abomination. and you can say, sure, european alli

a former fbi director james comey, former dni james clapper, former cia director john brennan and former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, former national security advisor susan rice and former cia director michael hayden. criticism from these former officials and others have escalated in the aftermath of the presidents i met with russian president vladimir puti president vladimir putin. last week, calling the president's behavior nothing short of treasonous. but if they should maintain security clearances that they were granted during their time and previous administrations. watch. speak of the president is exploring these mechanisms to remove security. the public service and their security clearances and making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by russia against the president is extremely inappropriate. the president contents of the fact that security clearances are making these baseless charges provides an appropriate legitimacy to accusations with. >> melissa: called on the president to revoke his security clearance >> john brennan he should've

you have former communist turned cia director, turned msnbc conspiracy theorist john brennan chiming in with more propaganda of his own. >> i think there's a big question in terms of those who are on mr. trump's national security team whether they can continue to serve in good conscience, an individual who betrayed his nation. what he did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others and to betray the american public. that's why i use the term of this is nothing short of treasonous. he is giving aid and comfort to the enemy, he needs to understands there will be consequences. >> and i can't wait to get to all of his nefarious activities. his deep state partner in crime james comey tweeted out this is a day the president stood on foreign soil next to a murderous line fog and refused to back his own country, patriots need to stand up and reject the behavior of this president. we reject the abuse of power that rightly got you fired. you have two indignant anti-trump bureaucrats chastising the president all while they knew about russia's attempts to meddle

this is john brennan. >> indeed the decade before 9/11 was time of al qaeda's rise and decade after 9/11 was the time of its decline, then i believe this decade will be the one that sees its demise. >> so this is john brennan, national security advisor to president barack obama. this speech was april 30th, 2012, at the wilson center. i teed up this little short clip because it starts by showing you what this was all about. during 2002 presidential don't worry about the al qaeda threat. barack obama that he brought responsible end to the iraq war. not true. he says that you know, basically will do the same thing in afghanistan. he will end the war. not true. as if he can do that unilaterally. if you're looking bin laden's files, see how the terror master himself saw the world that can complicate your political arguments greatly. the first clip of john brennan basically explaining their viewpoint, he thought that al qaeda, remember before the rise of isis, this does have to do with isis by the way. this is before the rise of isis. brennan says next decade it is all over. >> jihadist ter