The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website August 17, 2018:
Sen. Mark Warner planning an effort to change presidential power over clearances
The number of intelligence community officials who are blasting President Donald Trump for revoking former CIA Director John O. Brennan’s security clearance keeps going up.
And a key senator is drafting a legislative proposal to prevent a repeat.
A Thursday night statement denouncing Trump’s decision has so far featured the names of 15 former senior CIA and other intelligence agency leaders. And that’s been followed by another statement signed by 60 other former intelligence officials critical of the president’s move.