We cats wish John Brennan well on any legal action he may take against Donald Drumpf for ripping away his security clearance. Brennan says he's considering it to keep others from enduring the same hissy-fit treatment (if you can describe the actions of a despot as hissy-fitty).
In the meantime, we're thinking of the future. As in when we Democrats get the White House back.
Once we do, one of the first things President Biden (or whoever) should do is to suspend the security clearances of three people: Secretary of State and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo, current CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.
Why, you ask? Because all three of these people have stood by without a word as Benedict Donald punishes Brennan and threatens to punish more people by revoking their clearances, too. This endangers the our system of government and the national security of the United States.
Unlike the former intelligence pooh-bahs and others who have signed statements of protest against Drumpf, Pompeo, Haspel and Coats have been silent. Anyone with a modicum of moral leadership would have threatened to resign by now. Instead, crickets.
But wait, you say — wouldn't suspending their clearances be just more of the same? Retaliatory, vindictive, political?
Nope. First, we're saying suspend them. There is a defined process for security clearance removal, one that (surprise, surprise) wasn't followed with Brennan. Pompeo, Haspel and Coats deserve the opportunity to defend themselves during those carefully laid-out proceedings.
Second, we're advocating this on moral, not political, grounds. After 18 months under Russian gangster Drumpf, our country's institutions are under grave threat. Anyone close to power who does not speak up now — or ever — is complicit, a coward, and quite possibly a traitor.
Seems like the right thing to do after the nation was attacked. But then, we can't recall anybody getting in trouble for lying us into the Iraq war, either. We cats HISS.
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