Over 30 national security officials this week had their security clearances revoked by President Trump. Mark Zaid, member of CERL’s Executive Board, is quoted in a New York Times article discussing this latest move by the administration to rid intelligence of “politicization,” noting that the decision to strip officials of their clearances was “unlawful and unconstitutional.”

Zaid is also quoted at Axios (here), Newsweek (here), and TIME (here).

Mark S. Zaid, Esq., is a Washington, D.C. based attorney who specializes in crisis management and innovatively handling simple and complex administrative and litigation matters primarily relating to national security, international law, foreign sovereign and diplomatic immunity, and the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. He is a member of CERL’s Executive Board. Read his bio here. 

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