NEWS: Biden says he's now receiving intelligence briefings as the Democratic presidential nominee.

[EleanorR]

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I've reached my free article limit on Bloomberg. It would great if someone with access could post some excerpts.

[Iggo]

1. Thank god someone is!

Someone competent, I mean.

[Marie Marie]

26. My thoughts exactly! And, he will read them.

[oasis]

2. Ready on day one. nt

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Good. Now someone is reading them

[madaboutharry]

4. Joe Biden now knows more about threats to our

country and institutions than the president.

Think about that.

[Cha]

7. Exactly.. Excellent point!

[Midnight Writer]

34. The kid that mows my lawn knows more about threats to our country and institutions than Trump.

[Dem2theMax]

5. Thank goodness someone intelligent is finally getting the intelligence briefings.

GO JOE!!

[Cha]

6. Brilliant! Awesome! TY ElenanorR! Rt!

[onecaliberal]

8. Thank god.

[canetoad]

9. Biden Says He's Getting Intel Briefs, Warns of Russian Meddling

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has begun receiving intelligence briefings, he said Friday as he warned about Russian interference in the 2020 election.

“We know from before and I guarantee you I know now because now I get briefings again -- the Russians are still engaged in trying to delegitimize our electoral process. Fact,” the former vice president said during a fundraiser organized by lawyers that included general counsels from roughly 100 companies.

“China and others are engaged as well in activities designed for us to lose confidence in the outcome” of the November election, he added.

Biden had not been briefed as recently as June 30, when he said at a press conference that he “very well may” ask for access to intelligence about reports that Russia had offered bounties for the killing of American troops in Afghanistan.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-18/biden-says-he-s-getting-intel-briefs-warns-of-russian-meddling

[EleanorR]

18. Thank you nt

[JI7]

10. Can he trust it ? Does Trump, Barr or others in the admin have control

over what Biden is seeing ?

[Blue_true]

11. The Intelligence people are sending briefs to a leader, they likely hope to get sane

guidance back.

[crickets]

13. Agreed. They are just as fed up as we are. nt

[tanyev]

23. Bet they're fighting over who gets to brief Biden, who has to brief Trump.

Rock, paper, scissors, short straw, etc.

[Blue_true]

25. You want to be around when Spooks fight?

May get garroted with a stray piano wire, or strange stuff on your office doorknob.

But yeah, I can see them fighting to avoid the idiot Trump.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Oh, Trump, you're in trouble now.

[soothsayer]

14. They should throw in some bounty intel

[iluvtennis]

15. Excellent news! nt

[GulfCoast66]

16. The fact is is getting them was probably in trump's daily briefing. Which he did not read.

And no one in the IC was going to tell him. Of course, it is the law.

I guarantee you he found about this when we did.

Expect an eruption shortly.

[klook]

19. "Biden is spying on me!!"

"He's using the secret camera Obama installed in the microwave!!1!"

[GulfCoast66]

20. Hah. In fact trump now knows he is being fact checked.

It’s going to drive him more insane. Everything he gets Joe gets. Only Joe will actually read it.

[klook]

21. Yep, excellent news! (nt)

[Captain Zero]

35. And Joe will actually COMPREHEND IT

nt

[Hekate]

17. Don't former presidents still get briefings as a courtesy? Would be great if Joe & Obama cd compare

...notes.

Something in this news makes me really happy.

[cstanleytech]

22. If they do I suspect its rather limited as they do not need to have everything told to them since

they are not in office anymore.

[Roland99]

24. Twitler ain't gonna like that!!

[Grins]

27. Probably listening, understanding & asking questions...

Unlike....

[getagrip_already]

28. Queue the tweet revoking bidens security clearances in 3.. 2...

He would probably blow a blood vessel if he found out that joe and barack still have scif's.

[BigmanPigman]

29. This is the most comforting news I have heard all day.

[ellie]

30. Thank God Almighty

At least an adult knows what is going on.

[Sloumeau]

31. Ask and ye shall receive. Bloomberg story:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-18/biden-says-he-s-getting-intel-briefs-warns-of-russian-meddling

Biden Begins Receiving Intel Briefs, Warns of Russian Meddling
By Jennifer Epstein

July 17, 2020, 5:07 PM MST Updated on July 17, 2020, 8:19 PM MST

--He also accuses China of plotting to sap election confidence
--Biden hits Trump over reports that he doesn’t read briefings

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he is receiving intelligence briefings and warned Friday about Russian interference in the 2020 election.

“We know from before and I guarantee you I know now because now I get briefings again -- the Russians are still engaged in trying to delegitimize our electoral process. Fact,” the former vice president said during a fundraiser organized by lawyers that included general counsels from roughly 100 companies.

“China and others are engaged as well in activities designed for us to lose confidence in the outcome” of the November election, Biden added.

A Biden campaign official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the briefings had begun and said the candidate also receives advice from his team of national security experts.

Biden had not been briefed as recently as June 30, when he said at a press conference that he “very well may” ask for access to intelligence about reports that Russia had offered bounties for the killing of American troops in Afghanistan.

The White House did not immediately comment. The office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.

Biden has repeatedly criticized Donald Trump after reports that the president doesn’t read the Presidential Daily Brief and receives only infrequent verbal briefings. On the Russian bounty reports, Biden said “the idea that somehow he didn’t know, or isn’t being briefed, it is a dereliction of duty, if that’s the case.” He added that if Trump “was briefed and nothing was done about this, that’s a dereliction of duty.”

In 2016, nominees Hillary Clinton and Trump were offered the opportunity to be briefed beginning in early August. “The director of National Intelligence has indicated he intends to conduct those briefings pursuant to that longstanding tradition and he certainly is supported by this administration and this White House in doing so,” Josh Earnest, the then-White House press secretary, said in late July of that year.

[C Moon]

32. This gave me an inner sigh of relief.

[SergeStorms]

33. Right about now he's thinking...

"I can't let Trump win under any circumstances". Go get 'em Joe. We need someone to steady the helm of Trump's foundering ship. Trump doesn't know fore from aft.