Bin Laden raid commander to Trump: revoke my security clearance too

William McRaven, commander of the US Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has condemned President Donald Trump for revoking the security clearance of former CIA chief John Brennan and asked that his be withdrawn as well.

The decorated retired Navy admiral, in an open letter published in The Washington Post, defended Brennan as "one of the finest public servants I have ever known" and accused Trump of using "McCarthy-era tactics."
"Few Americans have done more to protect this country than John," McRaven said yesterday. "He is a man of unparalleled integrity, whose honesty and character have never been in question, except by those who don't know him."
Following the president's summit last month with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Brennan - who headed the CIA under Obama - described Trump's behaviour as "nothing short of treasonous."