President Donald Trump recently revoked the security clearances of a number of former U.S. officials.
In one such executive order—which revoked the clearances of former national security adviser John Bolton and dozens of former intelligence officers—Trump said that “the faith of Americans in all other patriotic intelligence professionals who are sworn to protect the Nation has been imperiled” by the actions of those named.
In the Jan. 20 order, Trump addressed his reasons for the revocation, saying, “Federal policymakers must be able to rely on analysis conducted by the Intelligence Community and be confident that it is accurate, crafted with professionalism, and free from politically motivated engineering to affect political outcomes in the United States.”...
