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Possible serious National Security implications if this continues.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)We are so not out of the woods yet.
I wonder if the traitors have a physical way to prevent inauguration?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,486 posts)This is UNPRECEDENTED to be sure.
Sneederbunk
(14,208 posts)It's a wonder Biden and Harris have SS protection.
mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)Of course trump is blocking it.
If trump can't have it, nobody can.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Not in person but the written thingy that ex-presidents still get
Celerity
(42,673 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Thanks
Spazito
(49,776 posts)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
Fiendish Thingy
(15,369 posts)Demsrule86
(68,355 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)....the hell are those nuts doing in Washington?? Are they TRYING to get us all killed??
NoMoreRepugs
(9,260 posts)That transition will take some time.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)they forgot where the templates were on their computers!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)crickets
(25,896 posts)Transitional security handoff procedure is being blocked as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/biden-security-transition.html
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. Bidens 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. Bidens 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 presidents 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.
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)because, Yuck
List left
(594 posts)avebury
(10,946 posts)allies will provide him with info on international matters as well as what they know about what Trump et al have been up to.