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Why those 51 former intelligence officers deserve to lose their security clearances

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During his first week back in office, President Donald Trump announced his intention to revoke the security clearances of more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop controversy resembled a “Russian operation.”

The squealing in Washington was immediate. John Brennan, the former director of the CIA, called Trump’s decision “bizarre.”

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