By ERIC TUCKER, AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the revocation of the safety clearances of 37 present and former nationwide safety officers, together with some who labored on the intelligence neighborhood’s evaluation that Russia interfered within the 2016 presidential election, in accordance with folks aware of the matter who weren’t approved to debate it by identify.
A memo from the Workplace of the Director of Nationwide Intelligence, which was seen by The Related Press, accuses the focused people of getting engaged within the “politicization or weaponization of intelligence” to advance private or partisan acquire.
It’s the newest motion of retribution by the Trump administration in opposition to nationwide safety officers he perceives as having been in opposition to him. It comes as his authorities has launched a sweeping effort to solid doubt on the legitimacy of intelligence neighborhood findings that Russia interfered on his behalf within the 2016 election.
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