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Former CIA Director John Brennan and other former top national security officials could lose their security clearance if the White House follows through on a threat made Monday.

Politics & Government

Trump Wants To Revoke Security Clearances Of Ex-Officials Who've Criticized Him

5:19pm July 23, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says former CIA Director John Brennan and others have "politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances."

Former CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden delivers remarks on national security at the National Academy of Sciences in October. Hayden is among a growing number of former intelligence officials who are now speaking out regularly in retirement.

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In Retirement, America's Spies Are Getting Downright Chatty

10:29am April 30, 2018

by Greg Myre

Spies used to retire and fade away as quietly as when they were on duty. Now they go on cable TV. They write op-eds. They take to Twitter and criticize the president.

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Former Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden, who served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has come out against the Trump travel ban.

Why Dozens Of National Security Experts Have Come Out Against Trump's Travel Ban

3:04pm April 24, 2018

The Supreme Court hears arguments on the ban Wednesday, and a bipartisan group of former national security officials from the Reagan to Obama administrations are urging the court to strike it down.

Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing: "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election," in May.

Ex-U.S. Intel Chiefs Criticize CIA For Entertaining Russian Hack Conspiracy

8:19am November 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden and James Clapper, a former director of National Intelligence, have been critical of a meeting between current CIA Director Mike Pompeo and an NSA whistleblower.

Gen. Michael Hayden, the former head of the National Security Agency and the CIA, testifies before Congress last August. In an interview with NPR, Hayden says the intelligence agencies, not the White House, were responsible for getting it wrong when they

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Michael Hayden: Blame Intel Agencies, Not White House, For Getting Iraq Wrong

3:36pm February 23, 2016

The former NSA chief said the intelligence agencies were convinced that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Hayden discusses his role in an interview with NPR's Robert Siegel.

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