Image THAT?
A guy who is under indictment for Natioal Security criminal actions will get access to that info AGAIN?
I just hope the briefer’s don’t leave any files with him after they leave each time….
Russian President Putin is probably happy with this announcement, eh?
They won’t begin until after the July Republican Presidential convention and must have President Biden’s approval…
It is unlikely Trump’s Florida classified files case would begin before the election….
Things COULD change with this politically hot potato for an intellgenece community that the former President hasn”t, and doesn’t trust, and that doesn’t trust him either….
The Biden administration intends to share intelligence with the former president no matter the outcome of his trial in Florida, according to a senior intelligence official and a second person with knowledge of internal conversations. They, like some others interviewed, were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations.
The sit-down is not legally required, but for the last 72 years, incumbent administrations have tapped the spy agencies to read in the candidates of both major political parties on some of the most pressing threats to the country. While often this is just one meeting, sometimes candidates receive several briefings.
The briefings, which are managed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and approved by the White House, normally take place after the national conventions in late summer.
It’s unclear when Trump’s trial will take place or whether the case will be decided before the election.
Several current and former intelligence and national security officials who spoke with POLITICO said the normally humdrum decision was fraught with unusual risk this year due to the pending court case and Trump’s historically cavalier attitude toward national security information….
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“I’d be afraid about giving him stuff,” the former official said. “I mean, who knows what kind of riff he would do.”
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“It’s too politically dangerous for the White House as well as the intelligence community,” said Douglas London, a former longtime CIA case officer who has recently voiced concerns about what a second Trump term would mean for U.S. spy agencies.
If the White House didn’t give the briefing for political or legal reasons, it could backfire on the intelligence community “and taint them in the eyes of somebody who might very well be their boss again in a few months,” he said….
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David Priess, a former CIA officer who has written a book on the intelligence briefings given to presidents, argued that the risk of Trump misusing sensitive information given to him in the briefing is low.
He noted that the intelligence typically shared with candidates is not all that sensitive, roughly resembling what top spies share in public testimony….