Brennan security clearance was revoked in July, did he not know or just waiting to feign public moral outrage?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/us/politics/john-brennan-security-clearance.html
"The White House statement on Mr. Brennan was dated July 26, three days after Ms. Sanders first announced that Mr. Trump was considering revoking his critics’ clearances."
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USWHPO/2018/08/15/file_attachments/1055816/Statement%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BPresident.pdf
I wonder when he got louder, set up the perception that he's being quieted?