Former CIA director John Brennan claims President Trump barred him from accessing records for memoir.
In the book, Brennan, an NBC News and MSNBC senior national security and intelligence analyst, said he'd been trying for months to get a hold of his records and notes, but kept running into brick walls.The frequent and harsh Trump critic then found out why, according to a section of the book reported on Wednesday byTrump “had issued a directive . . .
Former national security officials like Brennan, who headed the CIA for four years in the Obama administration, typically retain classified clearance in part so they can be consulted on closely held information by officials in ensuing administrations. Trump said that courtesy was"outweighed by the risk posed by his erratic conduct and behavior," citing comments Brennan had made about Trump and his administration on TV and social media.
In an interview at the time with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Brennan said,"I've seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and despots and autocrats for many, many years during my CIA and national security career. I never, ever thought that I would see it here in the United States
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