You may have seen the story in the news of President Trump revoking the security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan.  My first thought was if he is the EX-CIA Director why does he need a security clearance, shouldn't our governments secrets be on a need to know basis?  The government uses these secrets to keep us safe, it confused me why a former employee would still hold a security clearance.

Reading more I reached the understanding that this is necessary for the government to be able to reach out to these people if they have a specialty that needs to be consulted.  It made sense.  It's the same as in private business calling in a consultant to assist with a problem.  These consultants are expected to maintain company secrets and in general be good team members with the permanent staff.

John Brennan didn't loose his clearance because he is on an enemies list of Trump.  He lost his clearance because he is a poor team member.  He's not supporting the Trump team so he is not trusted to be an advisor.  If he's not an advisor he doesn't need a security clearance.

When teams are used to make decisions there are normally dissenting opinions on a solution to a problem.  Teams work together to determine what the team in general feels is the best potential solution.  Once the team comes to a conclusion, everyone on the team is expected to support the team's decision.  Going through the motions of support while criticizing the effort is not being a good team member.

If you spend a few moments reading through John Brennan's [twitter feed](https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan) you will see that Brennan is not being a good team member.  In fact he's acting like a spoiled child that hasn't gotten his way.  Brennan's actions are not limited to Twitter.  In an article by Caitlin Yilek in the Washington Examiner, Brennan continues to insist that Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.  Although Brennan insist the claims of no collusion are "hogwash", he provides no evidence to support his accusation that collusion occurred.  A simple Google search of "John Brennan" will give you more examples.

Brennan should stop acting like that spoiled child and the press should stop playing the part of the enabling grand parents that only make the spoiled child act even worse.