Managing Partner Andrew P. Bakaj is among the 170 former U.S. Government Officials who signed the August 20, 2017, statement in support for Former CIA Director John Brennan.
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I. Charles McCullough, Partner, Cited to in Washington Post Article Concerning Former CIA Director Brennan’s Security Clearance Matter
Compass Rose Legal Group Partner I. Charles McCullough was cited in a Washington Post article about legal options former CIA Director John Brennan may have in response to the recent security clearance action by the President.
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Managing Partner Andrew Bakaj Speaks with CNN About Former CIA Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance Situation
Managing Partner Andrew Bakaj speaks with CNN about former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance situation.
“The President’s ‘revocation’ of Mr. Brennan’s security clearance creates a troubling precedent,” said Andrew Bakaj, a former CIA official who works on national security law and clearance issues in Washington.
Bakaj, who wrote the intelligence community’s guidelines on protecting whistleblowers and responding to retaliation under the law, said “the President’s claim that Mr. Brennan’s clearance revocation has something to do with the Russia investigation could, actually, be construed as being retaliatory in nature — which is prohibited.”
Trump “would be well advised to reconsider his decision — and any future contemplated decisions of this nature — and Mr. Brennan should certainly consider challenging the action,” Bakaj said.
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