Former CIA director John Brennan
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According to Macmillan, Brennan’s book “opens the curtain on the Agency’s inner workings, describing the disinterested, patriotic, and invisible work of women and men involved in national security.”
The Washington Post He reported Wednesday that Brennan had told the outlet that the administration blocked his access to classified records while writing the book, records that other former CIA directors were able to access before reviewing his manuscripts.
Brennan was CIA director from 2013 to 2017, and President Trump
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Mark Zaid, a lawyer who has represented government whistleblowers and former intelligence agency employees who wrote memoirs, told the Post that the blocking of the records was “unprecedented, to my knowledge.”
“This is demonstrative, once again, of a vengeful and political president whose actions have nothing to do with actual national security decisions,” he said.
White House spokesman Judd Deere confirmed to The Hill that Trump ordered the CIA to withhold records based on “Brennan’s erratic behavior and the President’s belief that access to classified information should be solely for the benefit of the government and the American people. “
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