Eric Swalwell: ‘We’re Less Safe’ Because Trump Revoked Brennan’s Security Clearance

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SWALWELL: "And Erin, also as the ranking member on the CIA subcommittee, I was not informed. I’m checking now with our intelligence committee staff to see if anyone there was informed. I think the bigger picture here because it is insulting the way the president has done it, it looks quite petty that he has done this the day after John Brennan criticized him. The big picture here is we’re less safe because the president is doing that. A couple of weeks ago when this was floated by the president, I called a secretary that served in a prior administration, I said secretary, I want to be sure I am not being too harsh on the president for wanting to do this. I said did you ever call on former senior administration officials from prior administrations and he said he did it all the time. He said when he made decisions, he wanted to understand why prior administration officials had evaluated a situation differently or the same and he said it helped him make decisions. We’re having a much more insular national security team if we are going to penalize people who can help."