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The Outspoken John Brennan and What He Left Behind

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Mattathias Schwartz about Trump revoking John Brennan's security clearance. Also, what are we to make of Brennan's outspokenness? What about his legacy? And what did he leave in Trump's hands? Plus, the White House tries to clearly definite NDAs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I guess to me this had an eerie memory of an enemy's list.

0:08.4

These people were being singled out to have either the clenators revoked or in the process of being revoked.

0:15.0

To me, smacks of Nixonian type practices.

0:19.2

I think that thinks that John Brennan has said over the past several months about this country has been disgraceful.

0:24.4

I do believe that all Americans really need to take stock of what is happening right now.

0:30.6

I think I called him a good hit in a minute.

0:33.2

And that's okay with me because I like taking on voices like that.

0:36.8

I've never respected him. I've never had a lot of respect.

0:44.6

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Virginia Heffernin.

0:47.2

So I hope you also have this story about Mueller's team and the Office of the Special Counsel and their foibles and secrets.

0:53.8

They've been seeing consuming stars. They're just like us stuff like Shake Shack, Life Savers and Orange Colored Starburst Candy.

1:01.6

Now we have this on good authority from the New York Times. So I bet they didn't just choose the Orange Starburst because I think only the pink ones get segregated in their own packs.

1:11.0

But I digress.

1:12.2

The article is mostly talking about Greg Andres, Andrew Weissmann and Uzo Asanie, the super friend of Andrews prosecuting the Manafort case.

1:20.2

But while some of their habits are visible, they really do say I can't say when asked about what their Shake Shack order contains.

1:28.6

In a world of LaGarria, these guys keep their own counsel, their own special counsel.

1:35.2

Meanwhile, the great Aswan Sub-song who's been on Trumpcast before has a story in the Daily Beast about how Trump in 2017 got into a fight with veterans of the Vietnam War,

1:47.0

sharing his usual brilliant tactical insights on military strategy that he's gleaned from his purple heart time in the shit.

1:54.4

Maybe, but probably not watching the movie Apocalypse Now.

1:59.0

So the fight was about whether Agent Orange was used in Apocalypse Now or in the war itself, who can tell with Donald Trump.

2:08.6

And of course, the veterans of the Vietnam War let that sink in, Patriots wanted to ask about what was being done by the VA about Agent Orange, the real and dangerous herbicide.

2:19.6

And that led Trump to a side Ambien Gramp A-Ramble about whether Agent Orange was the stuff used in the movie, meaning the opening sequence with the helicopters and it was really fucking weird said one of the vets who was present.

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