of the DNC it's a little bit of an awkward spot to be in because the DNC is
now reviewing these allegations of domestic abuse the committee's chairman
says he takes it very seriously that we downplayed the impact that this could
have heading into the midterms and you know Minnesota shaping up to be a
critical state in November and don't forget Sean Minnesota is still reeling
from the resignation of senator Al Franken just last year Sean Kristen
thank you for that report and joining us now with reaction to tonight's opening
monologue the author of another best-selling book the case against
impeaching Trump Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz by the way he has a
great book and criminal defense attorney David shone professor Dershowitz let me
begin with you I think that Sara's report tonight what are the firewalls
well I don't have any new information it sounds very nefarious and damning to
me well I have no idea that's why right from the beginning I've called for a
nonpartisan complete investigation by experts to all aspects of this whole
election we have to get to the bottom of this we have to have testimony that's
open to the public not behind closed doors of a grand jury
the American public is entitled to know what these things mean I have no idea
what these firewalls were referring to but it's certainly enough to open up
some kind of an investigation but can I comment just briefly on your opening
monologue you know I wrote a piece for the Boston Globe arguing that if the
president revokes the security clearance only of his critics that would raise a
serious First Amendment question it would be a close question because after
all he's not shutting them down these people can still say what they want and
criticize and they just don't have access to the material and if they don't
have access to the material if they're being in some way punished for their
expression of political views then I think you can have some First Amendment
issues that are raised I don't know how the case would come out it's similar in
some ways to a case that happened attorney of yet will do again I think
this way important yeah i CIA's rules in case of forward direction of directors
the agency holds their security clearance right
and renews it every five years for the rest of their lives however that
requires former CIA directors to behave like current CIA employees you cannot
make the case that mr. Brennan in any way is conducting himself like a current
CIA employee no I agree with that I agree with that the question is is this
being applied across the board to people and are they looking at everybody's
background piece went up to the Supreme Court it would be just like the case
involving the travel ban the court would ask the question are we allowed to look
at the motive of the president in doing this or do we just look at the action
the president clearly has the power to revoke security clearance but if he does
it for an impermissible purpose that couldn't be the basis for criminal
charges but it could be the basis for a constitutional violation I'm saying
argue that's probably a lot more to come under the First Amendment I think if we
apply the standard that I just read to you and you agree it's applicable yeah
um there's no ambiguity here he's not behaving like a currency a employee let
me go back to let me give you a just give you one quick hypothetical it's
quite hypothetical let's assume there was somebody who wasn't behaving like a
CIA director but was saying things positive about the president doesn't my
president didn't revoke his security clearance then we'd have a serious
question this is doing an immediate return to the information this is such
an egregious abuse you recognize it's not the common sense realizes no CIA
employee connect this way former director let me go to David David I want
to stay on this firewall issue and at firewalls plural I cannot imagine why
Christopher Steele is in contact 70 plus times at least that we know of would
Bruce or and that the things that they're talking about and the urgency
that he's he's expressing prior to commis testimony it's a shocking story
and as professor Dershowitz said from the start quite frankly on the special
counsel question the special counsel regulations provided and provide that
something short of a full investigation has spent the appointment of special
counsel is appropriate in the situation like this there has to be a full earring
it's not going to happen certainly from Mr Mol
on this question and the DOJ frankly right now has been missing in action so
I don't know who's gonna carefully look into this Sarah Carter has done a great
job reporting it but it has to be looked into I'm gonna jump back in to one other
question one other issue has professor Dershowitz recognized with all respect
as always with him the president certainly has the authority and the
exclusive authority on the question of Brennan's security clearance Brennan has
overstepped things here and by the way there's a history for this President
Obama isolated people whose views he didn't like or want to be associated
with like George Tenet like Paul Wolfowitz didn't include them in the
briefing it's true he stopped short of revoking their security clearance but
why does Brendan need the security clearance at this point he's misusing it
and he's abusing it I would argue that I think we're going to see probably more
people clapper should be next I believe Susan Rice with the whole list of people
Bruce or James Comey and on and I would argue that's all going to happen
professor I want to go the contacts though with Bruce or you don't find that
it's before the election well by the way one other thing
yeah House will have the former CIA director disseminating lies unverified
lies to the American people visa vie Harry Reid that's not the role of the
CIA professor that is a scary lightly and I think I know why he should be
criticized for it I know John Brennan I like him I thought he was a good
director of the CIA but I think he's gone overboard in his criticism and it
makes it sound when he makes criticism that he knows it because he was in the
CIA he has some special information and I think a former director of the CIA he
has to be much more discreet in his level of criticism having said that I do
think if the President and I security clearance only to his critics he will be
in court on the wrong side by the way I have a stand the ACLU will bring the
lawsuit because they will be awesome by the way against Donald Trump on the
security clearances has now said I'd put a Republican on the list that they were
incompetent or crazy well said we'll follow this in their argument
professor congratulations on the sex sick success of your book David Sean
always good to see you when we come we'll continue this discussion the great
one Mark Levin joins us that's next
and revoke of course the destroy Trump mainstream liberal media of course
extension of the Democratic Party at a complete meltdown let's take a look this
is without precedent in in modern American history I mean the security
clearances have never been used to punish people for speaking out this is
nothing short of extraordinary and we should all be scared about the state of
our democracy the president sent his White House press secretary out there
today to basically poop on the people from the press secretary podium and not
only threatened like they didn't just make a threat it was a promise they're
snatching John Brennan's national security clearance we begin tonight with
a chilling action taken by the presidents of the United States that
looks something like something you might see out of a dictate dictatorship or
authoritarian regime Trump is under fire for Nick Sounion enemies list tactics
those are the accusations of at least one former FBI official after the White
House is publicly admitting that it is retaliating against former CIA director
John Brennan joining us now is the host of CR TV's Levin TV the host of life
liberty Levin Sunday night right here on the Fox News Channel number one in a
slot I call on the great one Mark Levin mark we have never had a former
communist who literally we now know spread Russian
lies to this inform propagandize the American people to impact in a
presidential election either these are unprecedented times see if we can
unravel this from the fabulously stupid Omarosa media first of all apparently
the fact that Brennan voted for a Stalinist
who was funded by the Soviets the Communist Party USA was very attractive
to Barack Obama who made him CIA director think about that so how did
this man ever get a security clearance I'm curious about this now a couple of
things the president is looking at Brennan he revokes his security
clearance professor Dershowitz needs to know that's a privilege that's not a
right a secure privileged the fact of the matter is
nobody stopping Brennan from speaking fact nobody could stop he has a big
mouth he will never shut up he'll go on TV and be the kook that he is the idea
that he has a right to access to information because he served in the
Obama administration at the CIA is a preposterous argument but of course the
ACLU will take up the case because they take up a lot of stupid cases that's
number one number two who else is the president looking at Comey and people
who are keeping score Comey is a Republican how many times in the media
told us Mahler's a Republican comb is a Republican and even they questioned the
president okay you got a Republican and by the way for the media most of these
people that president are looking at are white I know that's very important to
you know Comey was fired at the recommendation of Rosenstein Comey was a
leaker and he absconded with government documents when he left his security
clearance should be pulled McCabe is under criminal investigation the number
two from the FBI never before in history media his security clearance should be
pulled Peter stroke was just fired the guy in
charge of counterintelligence investigations for misconduct his
security should be pulled James clapper committed perjury he lied to the
American people and Senator Wyden and that committee a long time ago his
security clearance should have been pulled Bruce or another one
pulled Yates another one not because the president has a problem with Democrats
or liberals here's a problem with these people and we haven't even gotten to the
unmasking issue yet so this is not a First Amendment issue meanwhile
meanwhile when these people had security clearances what the hell did they do
with them well let's take a look the russians interfered in our election
right well who was president who was head of the CIA who was national
security advisor who was the head of the FBI all these people with their security
clearances in positions of power did nothing effective to stop the Russians
from interfering in our election they did nothing to stop China from stealing
our technology they did nothing to stop North Korea's nuclear program and even
worse they awarded the aslam Oh hold it mark the tourist regime the
Tehran with a hundred and fifty billion dollars right with a hundred and fifty
billion dollars and provided them with a pathway to nuclear weapons good job boys
and girls in the Obama administration with your security clearances the fact
that Obama appointed these people and gave them security clearances is not the
obligation of this President to let them retain their security clearances there
is no constitutional issue that's just nonsense and again one of them's a
Republican so that makes this all okay mark I'd take away all their clearances
I'd take away all their clearances too but the fact of the matter is we really
need to focus in on the conduct of these individuals look at the phony media and
the arguments they're making this is like a dictatorship this is this is a
we've never seen anything like this before
all these blabbermouth who know nothing you're gonna see clapper on TV till you
throw up on your loafers you're gonna see Kony he had his book thing you're
gonna see Brennan all over the place all these phony victims and so forth and so
meanwhile when they were in office when they had their security clearances when
they had power they didn't stop the Russians they didn't stop the Red
Chinese they didn't stop the North Koreans they funded the Iranians and in
fact they are responsible for the greatest scandal in American history by
interfering with our election and trying to undermine the Trump campaign and the
Trump presidency they are gonna remember hold on mark and throw up what my
loafers but more importantly that's why we call you the great one great
commentary Mark Levin thank you don't forget Mark show Life Liberty Levin
every Sunday night 10:00 p.m. number one in its timeslot right here on
the Fox News Channel when we come back former CIA operative Daniel Hoffman well
he's been very outspoken in his criticism of John Brennan and Sebastian
korkut next hodgins officer Dan Hoffman and the
author of why we fight Fox News national security strategist sebastian cork up
both of you have been outspoken as it relates to brennan 35 years or so you
spend your life Dan Hoffman in in this type of business let's put it that way
yeah I always felt like John Brennan should take the Hippocratic oath of
respecting the privilege of holding security clearance and doing no harm to
our national security when he was enjoying his right to freedom of speech
and he did that tonight when he was speaking on MSNBC this isn't about
freedom of speech as as others have said on the show but let me tell you just
from my experience at CIA the concern that that I and I think others would
have is when foreign governments not to mention spies foreign spies stealing
secrets on our behalf here John Brennan making unsubstantiated claims that
Vladimir Putin could blackmail president Trump they think well John Brennan must
know something because after all he has a security clearance and that's why John
Brennan was causing a risking great collateral damage to our national
security well I think dr. korkor they want to
take all these people's security clearances call me strong spades the the
cave the whole bunch of them you know but this hack if you look at his he
tried to peddle lies to the American people in his role as director putting
aside with former directors must act as current CIA employees which he is not
doing so you know as a matter of protocol he's failed on every level how
did this guy even get a security clearance yeah you just stole my thunder
Sean issue number one John Brennan should never have had a security
clearance he admitted in 1980 when he joined the
CIA in a polygraph that he voted for the Communists at the height of the Cold War
when they wished to destroy us never should have had one i love alan
dershowitz but this is not a civil rights freedom of speech issue nobody
has the right to security clearance there's only one person who gets
peuta clearance automatically and guess who it is it's the president everybody
else it is a privilege of office Dan Hoffman
myself John Brennan we have all taken an oath of office I took it twice I took it
one I joined the Defense Department I took it when I joined the White House it
says you will protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic
and you will bear faith true faith and allegiance to the same
John Brennan has betrayed that oath of office and he has betrayed his
profession and the intelligence community every time he accuses the
president of treason with no evidence he is reprehensible and he has betrayed his
oath of office short it is that serious Daniel I and I agree dr. Gorka I why is
it to stick in my craw as CIA director that he literally perpetrated on the
American people spread misinformation firm ation by the way right out of
Pravda right at a you know former Soviet Union lies and propaganda misinforming
purposely the American people with unverified information that bothers me
as much as all that he's done after I mean I think that's a separate issue
frankly about the extent to which he politicized intelligence and involved
himself in politics I think he was the most political director in in my over my
career in the government of over 30 years but I guess that's to me it's it's
probably a separate issue this one is him abusing the privilege then he
enjoyed us for having a security clearance but also let's be clear the
clearance was designed so that he could go and help his successor I don't think
anyone's inviting him back and asking for his assistance at this time anyways
regardless I'm not sure yeah sorry good no that's go ahead dr. corker
John Brennan supported Moscow during the Cold War and he's still supporting the
Kremlin today that's who he is he's not the first person who should be stripped
of his clearance and there should be more to follow Sean I'd stripped the
whole bunch of them they're all corrupt they've all abused their power they've
all betrayed the American people with a political agenda and so many of them
tried to literally steal an election and influence an election in the United
States thank you both when we come back
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