White House reviewing whether Trump should continue receiving intel briefings

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

The White House is conducting a review to determine whether former President Trump should continue receiving intelligence briefings now that he has left office.

Speaking at the White House press briefing on Monday, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said President Biden’s national security team is looking into the matter.

“It’s something that is under review,” Psaki said.

Former presidents typically have access to intelligence briefings after leaving office.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536785-white-house-reviewing-whether-trump-should-continue-receiving-intel

[dutch777]

1. Let me review for 5 seconds................NO!

How can this take any f***ing review?!?!?!?!?

[jayschool2013]

54. You took 4.9 seconds too long. NFM

[Escurumbele]

61. LOL...It is politics, they know he cannot be briefed

The f^*&^* traitor cannot receive any intelligence briefings...First of all, you have to be intelligent to receive them, so that right there disqualifies him.

[AZ8theist]

81. HOW IS THIS EVEN A FUCKING QUESTION?????????????????????

[still_one]

2. After what happened on January 6th, I really hope they cut of trump receiving intelligene

briefings. Not only is he a security risk, but the people he associates with are

[redstatebluegirl]

3. Give briefings to someone who would sell his soul, and secrets to anyone for money? NOOOO!

[dalton99a]

4. Fuck No.

[COL Mustard]

44. This, A Thousand Times This!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. THAT WOULD BE A RESOUNDING NO. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

6. That would deny Jared a source of income, selling our country's secrets.

That would deny Jared a source of income, selling our country's secrets.

[Mike 03]

7. Sue Gordon is a hard "no," and that will carry substantial weight.

Sue Gordon, who was principal deputy director of national intelligence during the Trump administration, urged in a recent op-ed that Trump be cut off from intelligence briefings, saying he would be “unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent.”

And if Dan Coats is asked, my money is on him also being a hard "no."

[Polybius]

8. Why do ex-Presidents get them in the first place?

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What's the purpose?

[Lasher]

33. So that they can better serve the sitting president as a wise counsel.

It's pretty clear Biden will not seek out Trump's insight.

[groundloop]

64. And if Benedict Donald had an ounce of insight he'd certainly not share it

[NYC Liberal]

80. He'd share it with Putin.

[KayF]

9. do a background check

what's this, incited an insurrection? That's going to count against you.

[sarcasmo]

10. Give Trump fake intel on Russia and see what outlet leaks the intel.

[COL Mustard]

45. I Thought The Same Thing

[NealK]

62. Lol, well said. :)

[thucythucy]

79. My thought as well. nt

[mobeau69]

11. Biden just waiting for formal NS recommendation before

he says no.

Absolute no brainer.

[Ohiogal]

12. I say no.

But he never read his briefings anyway did he. His chief of staff had to read them to him or do the Reader’s Digest version and include pictures. I cannot image who would be assigned to reading them to him, now. Ivanky? Certainly not Cocaine-Nose Sonny.

[erronis]

69. But all the Friends Of Trump/Kushner read them. Jarvanka was busily video taping the

presentations via his/her built-in cams. Special comm link to Moscow, Beijing, Tel Aviv, Koch/Mercer/WallStreet. Pay per view.

[Lonestarblue]

13. And which Republican Senators who get classified intel will share it with Trump?

Trump will complain when he is refused access to ongoing briefings and demand that his sycophants share. Otherwise, he and Jared will have nothing to sell to our enemies.

Or Biden could have the intel community create special briefings just for Trump that have false information and see how long it takes for the information to appear in the hands of people who have no right to it.

[machoneman]

15. Yep, you took the words from me Lonestarblue! Just like the movies, send him phony trumped up.....

info a see where it next appears. Entrap him in traitorous actions and then bust his big fat ass!

[yonder]

14. Nope. Or give him custom briefings containing

false info which can be tracked. When foreign reactions to that phony info start showing up in our Station Chief's reports, nail tRumps ass for espionage - providing he's not already in jail.

[CentralMass]

16. The two choices are: 1. NO. 2. Fuck NO.

[COL Mustard]

46. 3. NO Fucking Way 4. Fuck Fuck No. 5. Fuck Fuck Fuck No.

6-infinity.....no matafakin way..........


And why don't you ask me how I really feel!!!!

[no_hypocrisy]

17. But if the WH does that, it will cut off necessary income to Trump.

Wouldn't that be a shame . . . . .

[SujiwanKenobee]

18. Precedent

Use the same precedent for intelligence briefings as the "my taxes are under audit" gambit that Trump himself used. No need to *rush* anything...forever.

[denvine]

19. Hell No!

[Doreen]

20. Receive intelligent briefings???

He's not the president anymore!! WTF? He can't make any decisions to do anything about what he hears except terrorize this country.

[Wuddles440]

21. Why not...

just cut out the treasonous, seditious, POS middleman and give it directly to Putin because that's where it'll be going anyway. Considering what has transpired over the past four years, I truly can't believe that any such disclosures would actually be considered. Have they not been paying attention to the actions of the Benedict Donald??!!

[Blue Owl]

22. Think of the money that will be saved

Not having to translate the briefings into simple pictures and flash cards that Dumbfuck Donny can comprehend

[cstanleytech]

26. To be fair all you need to translate it for Trump is a box of crayons.

[TeamPooka]

23. John Brennan can have Trump's briefings.

[True Blue American]

58. Reinstate Brennan's

Security clearance, did Trump take it away or just threaten to?

[TeamPooka]

83. Trump revoked it

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. Why should he? Isn't THAT the real question?

[cstanleytech]

25. I do not understand the reasoning to grant intel briefs to former Presidents.

[efhmc]

29. Not sure where I heard this info but said that a former president might have information

about another world leader that would be needed by the new president. Of course, that would mean a person who was actually a president who wanted the best for our country and no just himself.

[JI7]

35. Presidents sometimes ask former Presidents for advice on things

we know this isn't going to happen between Biden and Trump.

[cstanleytech]

47. I doubt any decent President will ever ask Trump for advice.

[Turbineguy]

27. Sure he should

and the briefings should be already translated into Russian.

[samsingh]

28. he's still receiving them? this is stupid.

[Dopers_Greed]

30. Are you kidding? HELL NO

He's going to be in dire straights financially soon, and will sell intel to foreign adversaries for profit.

[RobertDevereaux]

31. Either shut off ALL such things from the motherfucking traitor or...

Let Randy Rainbow invent the weirdest fantasies for this purpose.

[oldsoftie]

32. Why do ANY former presidents get intel briefings?

That could well be a conflict of interest if they, as a now-private citizen, make business decisions based on intel they get that WE dont get.
Do away with it. There's no need for it once they leave govt.

[Akoto]

34. That was honestly the first question which popped into my head, too.

The obvious issues with continuing to give Trump intelligence aside, why do *any* former Presidents continue to have access to that info? They're no longer in office and can do nothing with the information that I know of, except the bad sorts of things we imagine Trump might do.

[JI7]

36. There is good reason for it and it has never been an issue before

Presidents ask for advice at times. In those cases I can see the former getting the briefing.

[SledDriver]

66. I would think it should be on a need-to-know basis in that case then

[oldsoftie]

82. I agree. nt

[Dan]

37. Maybe they should find out just what Trump's

Relationship with Russia is first.

[sakabatou]

38. Absolutely not!

[djacq]

39. Did he attempted to overthrow the government?

That's a question that gets asked during a SSBI.

[marble falls]

40. What review? Does he even want briefings, he didn't while in the White House.

[LPBBEAR]

41. Yes.......sort of.

Give him some basic crap info that is useless to anyone but also bait the hook and give him some completely bogus BS that can be easily tracked that he might give to Putin. After he leaks it to Putin arrest his ass for treason and throw him in Gitmo for the rest of his life.

[mdbl]

42. Former presidents typically have access to intelligence briefings after leaving office.

Well trump isn't typical and is a danger to our country. He should not even get a toilet paper report.

[Behind the Aegis]

43. Given when he sat in the WH it had to be akin to a picture book...

...I would say "NO!" he don't get shit! However, there is a part of me, that wants the Biden administration to give him fake "sensitive" information, top secret at the highest level, and to whom the information travels and see how long it takes!

[PJMcK]

48. When he was president, Trump ignored his intelligence briefings

Early in his single term (I love writing that!), Trump stopped his Daily Presidential Brief. He famously said he knows more about everything than anyone so he didn't need briefings.

Kindly explain why he should receive them now.

Thanks, in advance.

[DinahMoeHum]

49. Fuck to the NO.

[sdfernando]

50. Give him a separate briefing with completely false information /NT

[liberalgunwilltravel]

53. And then...

And then when he passes on that information to our enemies, try and convict him of espionage and give him the Rosenberg send off.

[Auggie]

72. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000

[sdfernando]

77. Exactly what I had in mind! /NT

[Jay25]

51. What is there to review?

[Paper Roses]

52. NO, he didn't even read the PDB's, he needs nothing more! n/t

[dchill]

55. What legitimate argument can be made FOR giving him briefings.

He never wanted them in the first place.

[Mr.Bill]

56. Let him apply for a security clearance.

Tell him to include all his tax returns.

[Jetheels]

57. In light of The Trump Coup,

I think maybe a “no”.

[Miguelito Loveless]

59. Absolutely NOT!

He'll sell the information.

[bringthePaine]

60. just Sharpie some shit up! betcha Putin has a window waiting...

[SWBTATTReg]

63. Don't give it to him. We have enough former presidents that I trust far more than trump w/

national security issues, and if trump objects, let him fight it in the courts, not us. Let's not waste one more second on this scumbag trump and his cronies, who aided and abetted the attempt to overthrow our government.

[Miigwech]

65. Give him the same briefings he got as presentstuped

.... nothing important was ever given to him because he was a russian asset and all of our National Security were aware ... they were listening in to his conversations with putin and other enemies of the USA that trump was willing to sell anything of value to the highest bidder. TRAITOR

[marieo1]

67. no.......

NOoooooooooooooooooo!!! He was never a legitimate president so why should he receive anything that could place all of us in danger!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

68. That review should go like this:

Question: Did Trump incite an attempted insurrection?

Answer: Yes

Conclusion: Fuck him

[EndlessWire]

70. NO, A THOUSAND TIMES

Why should he get something else to sell? He didn't like them when he was supposed to get them. He isn't trustworthy. He wouldn't be able to pass a security clearance vetting. This is a no brainer.

[Nitram]

71. I have an idea. Tell Trump he can read the briefing materials in a designated room at a the

pentagon, and he can take notes, but he can't take anything home. We all know how much he loves to read. Give him one letter-sized piece of paper and an extra large tip Sharpie.

[BobTheSubgenius]

73. A couple of suggestions.

No!

HELL NO!

If you feel you must, they could be bland andor false.

It not that, then make them text-only and so dense that he wouldn't do more than pretend to read them for a few seconds. That reading would have to be done in a secure location, and he retains no copies.

[LazySusanNot]

74. I agree. The answer is a resounding NO. The review, in my opinion is brilliant for its' optics

but more importantly...it's the way the process is supposed to work.
Thanks for posting!

[mac2766]

75. NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO......

AND F'ING NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[appleannie1]

76. He should not even have security clearance let alone be briefed.

[Pacifist Patriot]

78. Easy AF hard damn NO on that one.