laughing on your comment but then...as I thought...how would one go about removing a president's security clearance?....I then thought...eh, but that would do no good, is not applicable as he doesn't even use his status for that, as he pays no attention to the intel community nor its security briefings nor what his top people advise or are even up to....

debut of new definition for White House staff abbreviation:

climbing on board with the misbehavin'

Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President

By William H. McRaven​ @ WashingtonPost.com, August 16 at 2:44 PM

William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Dear Mr. President:

Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John. He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don’t know him.

Therefore, I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.

Like most Americans, I had hoped that when you became president, you would rise to the occasion and become the leader this great nation needs.

A good leader tries to embody the best qualities of his or her organization. A good leader sets the example for others to follow. A good leader always puts the welfare of others before himself or herself.

Your leadership, however, has shown little of these qualities. Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation.

If you think for a moment that your McCarthy-era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, you are sadly mistaken. The criticism will continue until you become the leader we prayed you would be.

A Fusion G.P.S. link for the wife of one on the list (and no doubt "proof" of a conspiracy for "Peter not verified"):

Little-Known Justice Dept. Official Makes Trump’s Security Clearance List

By Katie Benner @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 15

WASHINGTON — When the White House announced on Wednesday that President Trump was revoking or reviewing the security clearances of former officials who have emerged as some of his chief political antagonists, the list also included a little-known career Justice Department official, Bruce Ohr.

Mr. Ohr has found himself at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the origins of the investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference. A lawyer who worked on anti-gang and anti-drug initiatives, he has no direct involvement in the inquiry, but losing his clearance could affect his ability to do his job.

Mr. Ohr’s name came at the end of a list of former officials whom Mr. Trump accused of leveraging their access to sensitive information for personal gain [....]

Asked why Mr. Ohr was named when he is still a government employee and whether that meant Mr. Trump believed he should be fired, Ms. Sanders only repeated that his clearance was under review.

Democrats and others attacked his inclusion on the list as an abuse of presidential power and an intrusion on the independence of law enforcement. [....]

Mr. Ohr has been a target in the conservative attacks on the investigation into Russia’s attempts to disrupt the election and whether Mr. Trump’s associates conspired with that effort. A central theme of those attacks has been that the origins of the investigation were partisan and aimed at undermining Mr. Trump, though law enforcement officials at the start of the investigation kept quiet about it in part to ensure that it did not hurt his electoral chances.

Mr. Ohr, who has not been found to have mishandled sensitive information, is married to Nellie Ohr, a former contractor for Fusion GPS, the research company that worked with a British spy named Christopher Steele to compile a dossier of damaging information about Mr. Trump during his candidacy [....]

cynical opining from liberal Charles P. Pierce @ Esquire, which I found amusing because it's like reading a blogger from 2004 risen from the dead, you don't see this P.O.V. much anymore, hits me how much things have changed, how everthing is framed by: pro-Trump or anti-Trump:

Clearance-Gate Is Nothing But Amusing

President Trump revoked John Brennan's security clearance. So what?

Well, this is some petty, banana-republic bullshit, isn't it? [....]

Practically, all of this flexing and preening means nothing—except possibly to Bruce Ohr, who's still got a job inside Camp Runamuck. It's not like Brennan's using classified material to condemn the president* for calling Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog." That the president* is a thin-skinned vengeful prick is not exactly EYES ONLY material.

Nobody's book deal is going to be threatened by this. Nobody's seat in the cable news green rooms is in jeopardy. I guess if you're part of the national-security priesthood this could be like having the general break your sword over his knee, but you will not find anyone less respectful of the prerogatives of that priesthood than I am. I haven't wholly trusted Brennan since he embarked on his slippery efforts to explain what he was up to when the Bush Administration was torturing people. Hayden may have lied to Congress on the same subject, and Clapper may have been the worst of the bunch [....]