Photo of Trump Goes Viral Before Summit with Putin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cTheir access to classified systems, facilities, materials, and information is to be terminated forthwith. Any contracts or employment with the U.S. Government by these 37 individuals is hereby terminated. Any credentials held by these individuals must be surrendered to the appropriate security officers,\u201d the memo adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list includes ex-Principal Deputy DNI Stephanie O\u2019Sullivan and Vinh Nguyen, who both worked under Obama-era DNI James Clapper while his office produced the now-discredited 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia\u2019s supposed support for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nguyen had been serving in the Trump administration as the National Security Agency\u2019s first chief responsible artificial intelligence officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur Intelligence Community must be committed to upholding the values and principles enshrined in the US Constitution,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cAnd maintain a laser-like focus on our mission of ensuring the safety, security and freedom of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, Gabbard began declassifying records about the crafting of the 2017 assessment, which she has called a \u201ctreasonous conspiracy\u201d by senior Obama officials \u201cto subvert President Trump\u2019s 2016 victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those records show that Clapper, John Brennan, and James Comey drove the assessment to highlight Moscow\u2019s role in the election and suggest support for Trump over Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also losing clearance was Samantha Vinograd, who served in Biden\u2019s Department of Homeland Security and on Obama\u2019s National Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had also signed a public letter during the 2016 campaign demanding that Trump disclose his business interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrew P. Miller, a former Obama NSC member who later served as Biden\u2019s deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, was also on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other names include Loren DeJonge Schulman, a former adviser to Susan Rice, and Beth Sanner, who once served as vice-chair of the National Intelligence Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obama ordered the Russia assessment in December 2016, even after pre- and post-election reviews had already shown Russia did not affect the outcome of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a Dec. 9, 2016, White House meeting, Obama directed officials to investigate \u201cRussia Election Meddling,\u201d according to declassified records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several of those stripped of clearance were also tied to the September 2019 statement that supported House Democrats\u2019 first impeachment effort against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cThose in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final intelligence product, which was supposed to be a factual assessment of Russian activities, also incorporated information from the discredited dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brennan included the Steele claims despite warnings from veteran intelligence officers who urged him to keep the \u201csubstandard\u201d material out of the final report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Errors and politicization in that assessment helped trigger years of investigations that dogged Trump through much of his first term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since taking office, Gabbard has released a 44-page classified House Intelligence Committee report that undercut the Obama-era assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has also published a review describing the process as \u201cchaotic,\u201d \u201catypical,\u201d and \u201cmarkedly unconventional,\u201d raising questions of political motive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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