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Good morning, I'm Allison Michaels with the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Thursday, August 16th. James is on vacation this week, but I'll be here instead with the day's top headlines.

Number one, President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA

director John Brennan. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee

Sanders announced this Wednesday citing, quote, the risk posed by his erratic

conduct and behavior. Brennan is a leading critic of Trump, who has sharply denounced the

President's behavior as recently as Tuesday.

Trump is also reviewing security clearances of former officials including former FBI Director

James Komi.

Last month Sanders said Trump was quote looking to take away the clearances of Brennan,

Comey, and several other former senior national security and intelligence officials

who served in the administrations of George W Bush or Barack Obama. Number two. of George W Bush White House. But the documents reveal little about his judiciary philosophy and qualifications, much

less any damning detail that could sink his bid to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

How the Republican majority is handling Kavanaugh's extensive records has infuriated

Democrats.

But what makes the fight for Kavanaugh's records unusual is that the National Archives, which

has played a central role for previous

nominees in vetting their White House papers and sending them to the Senate, has

effectively been sidelined. Instead, a lawyer working for Bush and his legal team are scouring the reams of documents,

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