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Muzzling the Talking Heads of the ‘Deep State’

President Trump wants to revoke the security clearances of former top FBI and CIA officials who he feels spend too much time on television criticizing him.
Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

The concept of a “deep state” anti-Trump conspiracy among intelligence and law-enforcement officials has been a long-running theme of the Trump administration and the conservative media, repeated nearly nightly on Fox News’ opinion programs. On Monday, the White House acted on that impulse, threatening to revoke the security clearances of several former intelligence and law-enforcement officials who have been critical of the president.

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