Bryan Geoffrey was being disingenuous by saying that President Donald Trump was right to revoke all the security clearances of former intelligence operators and former officials because they no longer have active roles in the intelligence field (“Security clearance rightfully removed,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Aug 27).

The argument is valid to a certain point, but Geoffrey conveniently left out the part that all the people who had their security clearances revoked by Trump were very critical of Trump. The attempt to use the clearance revocation as a tool to obstruct freedom of speech is as clear as day. There is no other way to spin it, unless you’re willing to be disingenuous.

Tuan Tran

Makiki