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4. Under AEC regulations, Oppenheimer was given opportunity to have a hearing on his clearance suspension. That worked out poorly for him, in the end, resulting not only in the upholding of its suspension, but the airing of a lot of dirty laundry (affairs, bad judgment, etc.)...
...I don't know (but would love to know) whether Brennan and the potential "others" have the ability to contest? I suspect not. But I am not up to date on the regs for this. If not, then that's another key difference between the two.
5. Lastly, it is clear that Trump is doing this to Brennan because he wants to silence his critics. Purely political. The Oppenheimer affair was more complicated, a mix of the political and the personal, and again, only reluctantly participated in by Eisenhower.
I only write these things because I've seen some historians assert historical parallels. I think it's kind of a weak comparison, in the sense that the Oppenheimer affair was pretty complex, and the Brennan affair seems to be "merely" a form of ugly politics.
The Oppenheimer affair, for all of its injustice, was not merely an attempt to silence a critic, or cut him off from potential income. The Brennan affair looks *only* like that, at least from my vantage point. FIN.
Lawfare just released a podcast about this. Very informative. Brennan MAY have had his 5th Amendment due process right violated since the notification and appeal process has been ignored. However, similar to the pardon powers, there is very little check on this particular power.
Was his clearance (technically) revoke because no longer needed access? Or was it revoked & he blocked from further reapplication? Wonder if Brennan wanted a new job with a gov contractor position that required clearance could he apply and go the process of get clearance again?pic.twitter.com/I0DMXiiMbn
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