Sen. Rand Paul: Why Does John Brennan Still Have Top Secret Security Clearance?

Sen. Rand Paul: Why Does John Brennan Still Have Top Secret Security Clearance? (RealClearPolitics)

Sen. Rand Paul joins FNC's Tucker Carlson to make that case that former CIA director John Brennan "is not a stable man" and a "passionate ideologue with a documented history of dishonesty." Along with former intelligence chiefs Jim Clapper and Michael Hayden. 

"As CIA director, he lied about spying on Senate staffers -- which they did, and killing civilians with drone strikes. He lied about the Steele dossier. In 2010 he prevented the CIA from referring to Islamic militants as jihadists because 'Jihad is a holy struggle and legitimate tenet of Islam,'" Tucker Carlson said of Brennan. "This is not a man who should have a security clearance."

"You hate to think the deep state is real, that there is a permanent government that operates independently of voters and democracy, itself, but as long as guys like this have security clearances, you've got to wonder," Carlson said.