BREAKING NEWS THREAD: Along with many of my former colleagues, I’m standing up with @GenMhayden, @jmclaughlinSAIS, @MichaelJMorell, and other former CIA leaders to oppose the politicization of security clearances. This is our *new* open letter: 
While reiterating the duty to protect classified information, we write that we believe strongly “that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so.”
We don’t all concur with former Director Brennan’s words or the way in which he expressed them. Irrelevant. Instead, we state “our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views.”
Please join us in standing up for the political speech freedoms that make this country great.
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