Watch Blumenthal explain, with a straight face, why Brennan is not only entitled to a security clearance but has a property interest in one. According to Blumenthal, it's a civil right…but only for John O. Brennan. Not you, not me. No one other than Brennan has a right to a security clearance. This will fall flat on its face. NO ONE has the right to a security clearance. It is a privilege.