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It will hurl a grenade into the #IC, telling anyone even thinking of working there that their clearances and livelihoods can be stripped away without any due process if they ever criticize the administration—even if they leave government service
politico.com/magazine/story…
politico.com/magazine/story…
If Trump follows through on his threat, we are left with two equally uncomfortable possible conclusions.
The first possibility is that the president has decided to ignore all of the evidence and take an action that will do nothing to address the problem he thinks he faces.
The second is that the president is not actually taking this action for the reasons the White House has told the public.
We have a situation where, based on the WH stated reasons for considering the action, revoking these security clearances would have no actual effect on the stated causes.
This “solution” would do nothing to solve the “problem,” and would in fact simply create more problems.
This “solution” would do nothing to solve the “problem,” and would in fact simply create more problems.
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