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Aug 04, While there is no precedent for a president making a unilateral decision to revoke a former official’s security clearance, former officials have previously been accused of inappropriately maintaining access to classified information following their government employment.

Jul 18, But Timothy Flanigan, who served as Deputy Counsel in the George W. Bush administration from tosaid that he could not remember being involved in the revocation of a security clearance Author: Alana Abramson. Jul 24, On Monday, we learned that President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of several Barack Obama-era officials and another from George W.

Bush’s term following his meeting with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders responded to a reporter’s question over whether Trump was looking to revoke. Jul 23, President Trump moved to retaliate against some of his strongest critics Monday, threatening to revoke the security clearances of former top Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Aug 19, John Bolton defends revoking of security clearance of former CIA director, Trump critic.

Bolton floated a review of former officials' access to classified stumplopping.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Jul 23, Asked about Paul’s comments, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the president was considering revoking the security clearances of not just Brennan, but also James Comey, former FBI director, James Clapper, former director of the Office of National Intelligence, Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor, and Michael Hayden, CIA director and NSA director.