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    Senator Rand Paul‏Verified account @RandPaul Jul 23

    Just got out of WH meeting with @realDonaldTrump. I restated to him what I have said in public: John Brennan and others partisans should have their security clearances revoked.

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      1. Senator Rand Paul‏Verified account @RandPaul Jul 23

        Public officials should not use their security clearances to leverage speaking fees or network talking head fees

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      2. Deplorable Dame  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️‏ @DykstraDame Jul 24
        Replying to @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        As soon as anyone leaves any job in the public or private sector ALL security clearances MUST & should be revoked not solely for the former employer's safety & security but for that of the former employee too! I'm shocked & angry to hear this is not SOP in our government! WTF?!

        44 replies 147 retweets 488 likes
      3. Lisa Burcher  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @l_burcher Jul 24
        Replying to @DykstraDame @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        It's so they can consult with their successors and Congress when necessary.

        34 replies 5 retweets 99 likes
      4. Deplorable Dame  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️‏ @DykstraDame Jul 24
        Replying to @l_burcher @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        If & when they ever work for the government again, they can reapply for the appropriate clearances; as is Standard Operating Procedure in all other entities across the board globally. If you once rented a room in your home to someone, would you want them to retain a key forever?

        15 replies 51 retweets 247 likes
      5. Lisa Burcher  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @l_burcher Jul 24
        Replying to @DykstraDame @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Seriously? You don't understand this? They are NOT going to briefings. If they are getting CURRENT info it's being leaked from the WH. What they use the clearances for is to be able to consult with their REPLCEMENTS about past cases or to testify in front of Congress.

        22 replies 6 retweets 116 likes
      6. Lisa Burcher  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @l_burcher Jul 24
        Replying to @l_burcher @DykstraDame and

        That's not the same as going back to work for the government at a later date.

        6 replies 0 retweets 52 likes
      7. Ron Shanks  ❌ 💯 🇺🇸 💪🏻 🙏‏ @Ron_Shanks21 Jul 24
        Replying to @l_burcher @DykstraDame and

        Or so they can have classified info leaked to them w/o the offender getting into trouble for it. Absolutly NO NEED for clearance...Clarence!

        13 replies 14 retweets 118 likes
      8. Deplorable Dame  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️‏ @DykstraDame Jul 24
        Replying to @Ron_Shanks21 @l_burcher and

        Rescinding Security Clearances that are no longer required on a daily basis, would certainly help narrow the pool of possible leakers!

        7 replies 27 retweets 134 likes
      9. AZ Independent | #Resist  🌊 🌵‏ @_gleng_ Jul 24
        Replying to @DykstraDame @Ron_Shanks21 and

        No one can receive classified information without a need to know. Clearance or not.

        1 reply 1 retweet 34 likes
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      2. Jesse Paul Lehrke‏ @JPLehrke Jul 27
        Replying to @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Quite disappointing; I use to actually like you Rand. Drawing up a list of partisans to be blacklisted from government work. If you carry forward with this idea your name will become synonymous with #McCarthyism.

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Carrington Ward‏ @CarringtonWard Jul 27
        Replying to @JPLehrke @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        McCarthyism? At least McCarthy maintained the pretense of a national security threat. This is naked personalism: an effort to proscribe Trump's personal enemies.

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Jesse Paul Lehrke‏ @JPLehrke Jul 27
        Replying to @CarringtonWard @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Ah, well I do agree, they (Trumpist GOPers) are attempting to create the pretense also: identifying the media as our greatest enemy justifies going after their sources/commentators, and soon I expect the net will widen (academics are not popular in their circles for example).

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      2. Rick E Schaler MD‏ @RickSchaler Jul 24
        Replying to @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Revoking their clearances is important to keep these malcontents from discussing highly sensitive security issues with holdover employees. Those still there are looking for a sympathetic ear, and having Brennan involved is inappropriate and dangerous.

        4 replies 8 retweets 13 likes
      3. Rick E Schaler MD‏ @RickSchaler Jul 24
        Replying to @RickSchaler @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        The hatred and vitriol exhibited by these former Obama administration officials is reason enough to remove their clearances. They shouldn't be playing politics with this info, or they should release the un-redacted info to all of us.

        1 reply 4 retweets 9 likes
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      5. Rick E Schaler MD‏ @RickSchaler Jul 25
        Replying to @demichieipgh @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Perhaps with your 166 followers you can make comments like that. Not with me. B-bye

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      2. abenhase‏ @andrewbenhase Jul 24
        Replying to @RandPaul @realDonaldTrump

        Absolutely. Should have been done a year ago. @realDonaldTrump can do it summarily, with a wave of the hand. The President has absolute authority here. [National Security clearances are a clear and distinct privilege, not some elitist right bestowed upon them from a past job!]

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      1. Sharlene Roberts‏ @Sharlen44983808 Jul 24
        Replying to @RandPaul @richard_tolin @realDonaldTrump

        They all need to be taken off all security list. TODAY!

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