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Biden is Not receiving presidential briefs (Original Post) Iwasthere Nov 2020 OP
WHOA!!!!!!!!! secondwind Nov 2020 #1
Of course, harming the country is the least of the GOP concern, by far. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #2
Talk about PETTY.... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2020 #3
Who is surprised? Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #4
I just made an OP yesterday about how wonderful it is that Biden will be getting PDBs mercuryblues Nov 2020 #5
I thought he started getting them as a candidate? soothsayer Nov 2020 #6
he got lower level ones, not the full boat PDB Celerity Nov 2020 #10
Ah ok soothsayer Nov 2020 #11
yw Celerity Nov 2020 #12
He is getting intelligence briefings but... Spazito Nov 2020 #15
He is receiving intelligence briefings, but perhaps not the same as PDB's. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #7
He is not receiving important briefings...disgraceful. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #14
He Was Supposed to be Getting Them Even BEFORE the Election?? The_Counsel Nov 2020 #8
There would have to be two separate PDB's - one with pictures and small words and one for adults. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #9
They've been doing them in crayon so long AleksS Nov 2020 #13
Link? Lucinda Nov 2020 #16
PDBs are not the only transition norm being ignored. crickets Nov 2020 #17
I really hope that is briefings and not briefs MiniMe Nov 2020 #18
Depends on the pResident. Briefs for the President elect. List left Nov 2020 #19
Perhaps some of our foreign avebury Nov 2020 #20
It would just be a bunch of lies anyway, so it's not a loss Rice4VP Nov 2020 #21

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
2. Of course, harming the country is the least of the GOP concern, by far.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:49 PM
Nov 2020

We are so not out of the woods yet.

I wonder if the traitors have a physical way to prevent inauguration?

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
5. I just made an OP yesterday about how wonderful it is that Biden will be getting PDBs
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:51 PM
Nov 2020

Of course trump is blocking it.

If trump can't have it, nobody can.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
6. I thought he started getting them as a candidate?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:53 PM
Nov 2020

Not in person but the written thingy that ex-presidents still get

Spazito

(49,776 posts)
15. He is getting intelligence briefings but...
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 01:04 PM
Nov 2020

not the PDB:

"These briefings for candidates are classified, but they are overviews. They focus on global hotspots to inform the candidates about the major issues that are out there. The original purpose that Truman had to educate them in advance of possibly becoming president has morphed somewhat. Now, one of the goals, if not the primary goal, is to help the candidates not inadvertently say something galactically stupid on the campaign trail, not to help them politically, but something that would get in the way of U.S. foreign policy or get in the way of their own foreign policy should they win."

This article from Lawfair is very informative on the issue of the various briefings, etc:


Lawfare Institute's David Priess on the Presidential Daily Brief

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawfare-institutes-david-priess-on-the-presidential-daily-brief/

It was reported by Bloomberg in July 2020 that Biden was receiving briefings as has been traditional for Presidential candidates:

Biden Begins Receiving Intel Briefs, Warns of Russian Meddling

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

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)
8. He Was Supposed to be Getting Them Even BEFORE the Election??
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:57 PM
Nov 2020

....the hell are those nuts doing in Washington?? Are they TRYING to get us all killed??

NoMoreRepugs

(9,260 posts)
9. There would have to be two separate PDB's - one with pictures and small words and one for adults.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:58 PM
Nov 2020

That transition will take some time.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
17. PDBs are not the only transition norm being ignored.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 01:44 PM
Nov 2020

Transitional security handoff procedure is being blocked as well.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/biden-security-transition.html

Mr. Trump can prevent Mr. Biden and his aides from receiving the presidential daily briefing, the compendium of the government’s latest secrets and best intelligence insights, for the entire transition. No law states that Mr. Biden must receive it, though under previous administrations dating to at least 1968, presidents have authorized their elected successors to be given the briefing after clinching victory. [snip]

Along with the presidential daily briefing, transition team officials need to have access to classified information at intelligence agencies, like the C.I.A., to make staffing decisions and begin planning for the administration. [snip]

Former vice presidents like Mr. Biden do not receive full-time Secret Service protection, but Mr. Biden has had a protection detail since earlier this year. The Secret Service also extended the no-fly zone over Mr. Biden’s home to cover an entertainment complex in downtown Wilmington, Del., where he addressed the nation on Saturday night.

But if the Trump administration — through the G.S.A. — continues to not recognize Mr. Biden as the president-elect, it is likely to stymie the typical transition that occurs between Mr. Biden’s temporary security detail and the one specifically devised to protect presidents, known as the Presidential Protection Division. Under previous administrations, the Secret Service has had the two teams begin working together during the transition with the incoming president’s detail becoming increasingly made up of Presidential Protection Division agents and officers as Inauguration Day approached. Such a handoff requires significant resources and changes in personnel work hours, and former agency officials say the Secret Service is highly unlikely to begin that transition unless the G.S.A. has authorized it.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
20. Perhaps some of our foreign
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 02:46 PM
Nov 2020

allies will provide him with info on international matters as well as what they know about what Trump et al have been up to.

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