From Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, via Consortium News.
“We are appalled by the willful misreading by pundits and much of the media of the nature of security clearances. They are certainly not a constitutionally protected right, but a highly conditional privilege. Its granting comes with personal acceptance of restrictions on speech and association: among other things obligating one-time holders to a lifetime pre-publication review of writings that rely on information acquired in performing their official duties.”
Source: VIPS Tells Media Support for Brennan is Not Unanimous – Consortiumnews