John Brennan: I Found Out My Clearance Was Being Revoked from Sarah Sanders Briefing

EXCERPT:

WALLACE: "And I’m guessing if they thought it would exonerate them, they would have agreed to an interview, which 70 percent of Americans think that he should do. Can I ask you where you go from here. Have you heard today from CIA Director Gina Haspel about the stripping of your clearance or DNI Coats who, we understand from Andrea Mitchell's reporting, were not in the loop on the President's decision to strip you of your clearances?"

BRENNAN: "No, I was called by a friend and associate when Sarah Huckabee Sanders was giving that statement. So I had no knowledge of it beforehand. No one contacted me. Nobody reached out to me over the past several weeks when this issue was first — had first surfaced. So the first I heard about it was when I was able to turn on the television and listen to Ms. Sanders, and I have not heard anything from any government official since then or before then. So I’m just watching the news and I’m so glad that you and other members of the Fourth Estate are carrying out your responsibilities to report information to the American people."

(Mediaite)