Trump Orders FBI, CIA To "Fully Cooperate" With Barr; Grants "Full And Complete Authority To Declassify"

Dana Mathewson responds "Yes. And wouldn't you know it, Brennan, Cra... excuse me, Clapper and the other usual suspects are up in arms about it. You'd think they'd welcome the chance to clear their names and show they were being good little Boy Scouts all the while, wouldn't you?

But apparently not. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/brennan-clapper-trump-declassifying-surveillance

Former CIA Director John Brennan and former DNI James Clapper blasted President Trump on Friday night for directing Attorney General William Barr to declassify documents related to the surveillance of his campaign during the 2016 election, calling it "outrageous."

"I see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of Mr. Trump, once again, trampling on the statutory authorities of the Director of National Intelligence and the heads of the independent intelligence agencies," Brennan told MSNBC host Chris Hayes. "And it's unclear to me what Mr. Barr is actually going to do. Is he investigating a crime? Well, what's the predication of that crime? Or he is just going to be looking for information... that Mr. Trump can just give to his defenders on the right and cherry-pick information that could be taken out of context?"

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