Adam Schiff: 'Dumb down' the briefing for Donald Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

03/10/2024 12:11 PM EDT


Rep. Adam Schiff hopes U.S. intelligence officials will limit the information they share with former President Donald Trump when they brief him on national security matters — briefings that are standard for presidential nominees.

“I have to hope — and knowing the intelligence community, as I do — that they will dumb down the briefing for Donald Trump. That is, they will give him no more information than absolutely necessary,” said Schiff, a California Democrat who previously served as the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, until Kevin McCarthy, then the Republican House Speaker, kicked him off.

POLITICO first reported that intelligence officials were preparing to brief Trump on national security matters if he secures the GOP nomination this summer — despite concerns, given Trump’s indictments for mishandling classified documents.

The decision to brief Trump would be in keeping with a practice that dates back to 1952, but, as Schiff noted Sunday, it would be the first time an administration has willingly shared classified information with a candidate who is facing criminal charges related to their handling of classified material. Given Trump’s track record, “we can’t trust that he will do the right thing with that information,” Schiff argued Sunday during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “He’s been so reckless.”

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[Think. Again.]

1. Yeah, I'm assuming Homeland Security is on top of this.

[Hotler]

59. I hope they don't make it political. That wouldn't be fair.

[Think. Again.]

60. He's a probable National Security risk, ain't nothing political about that.

[Hotler]

61. That was sarcasm ... nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My gawd! Don't tell tfg anything! He is a huge threat to our national security. nt

[True Dough]

27. Tell him

to take a long walk off a short pier!

[PortTack]

3. Why can't President Biden just say no! He rescinded his access after he was inaugurated..why not now?!

Tsf is a total security risk!!

[Irish_Dem]

7. It would feed into Trump's victim narrative.

Maybe it is better to give him worthless information.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

40. What's he gonna do? Complain the info we give him is worthless to Pooty and Al-Bonesaw?

[Irish_Dem]

44. Exactly. He will pretend he is getting good stuff.

[mopinko]

55. so what? he spews that shit all day, every day. 1 more item wont matter.

just no. just fucking no.

[Irish_Dem]

56. Personally I agree.

Screw him and tell him hell no.

But Biden is probably going to be a bit classier.

[EarthFirst]

4. Stick figures & thought bubbles... nt

[COL Mustard]

33. And a Sharpie

To manipulate the maps.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

45. Fill the briefing books only with photos and articles of TFG from other countries media.

Tell him that he's the only thing the entire world is watching and talking about. He'll be happy.

[Rebl2]

52. I was going to

say pictures, but I like your idea better.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. He's probably already on the phone with Putin negotiating info sales to pay off some of his fines.

[Raven123]

6. Just redact it, like the Mueller report

[SouthernDem4ever]

9. awesome idea

redact it. Or just give him pages from a coloring book. He won't know the difference.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Like this

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. That looks about right.

[The Roux Comes First]

8. Actually, in Some Ways, As Long As No Printed Copy is Provided,

It might be best to dumb it down as far as the content, but leave plenty of big words in. The fake gold idol can be relied on to struggle to recall words of over six letters, from what I can tell. His obvious gift for insane word salad may be our best hope, in so many ways!

[DoBW]

11. Kids table

throw him a PB&J -- keep it simple

[InstantGratification]

12. A thing I read of in a Tom Clancy novel

The "canary trap". If you suspect a security leak, feed slightly altered information to each potential suspect. Whichever one is "singing" will tell his version of the story and help the counter-intel folks track down the leaker.

Trump leaks like a screen door on a submarine, use Donnie Dipshit as a counter-intel asset to feed misinformation to Putin, MBS, etc.

I'll edit this to add: Not to mention the legal ramifications. Imagine the impact to the election if sensitive information that was only given to numb nuts was leaked into the wild. That would probably rise to the level of actual chargeable treason if it was proven that he passed it to our enemies.

[fierywoman]

15. THIS !

[Mr.Bill]

17. Pretty much what I was going to post,

but you explained it better than I would have. Don't pass up a great opportunity to feed inaccurate information to Putin.

[SCantiGOP]

19. Exactly

Pick a couple of Putin’s close allies and let Trump find out they are actually US agents. Then, when they accidentally fall out of windows, we’ll be rid of two Putin toadies and can use the info to expose Trump as a traitor.

[COL Mustard]

34. Boxwood Green comes to mind

I remember that technique from an earlier book

[nilram]

13. Give him nothing until after the election.

Still has two months to catch up. But, electorate willing, we won’t have to give him anything afterwards either.

[area51]

14. "... briefings that are standard for presidential nominees."

iirc, the briefings aren't required by law; there's no reason to give a traitor like #DementiaDonnie any information.

One thing I've heard suggested is that #DD purposely be fed false info to see who he passes it on to.

[fierywoman]

16. THIS!

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

18. Eff That

Time to end “the practice”. Old rules out the door. Just ask Mitch. What’s Trump gonna do about it??? If it’s not a law then it means nothing anymore. Zero. Zilch. Done.

[GiqueCee]

20. That is exactly what I suggested last week...

... although my idea of poison-pill info tags to tell if he's feeding secrets to Putin again might be better kept on the down-low.

[brewens]

22. All I heard was the statement saying Biden was "planning" on giving him the briefings. That won't be

for a few months. I never took that as a done deal. It may have been the smartest thing to say at this point.

They had to Dick and Jane everything for Trump, and he never bothered to read much of his briefings anyway. He doesn't deserve any better for sure.

At the most I would send someone to give him his briefing with no one else allowed in the room. He gets it verbally or reads it himself and is not allowed to keep a copy. Plus, include something that if it is leaked, they know it had to have come from Trump.

[Kali]

24. walls of boring text

he won't read anything that isn't nukyular or about him.

[republianmushroom]

23. With crayon and stick figures, only, so he can understand.

[Deep State Witch]

29. Seriously

When I was in the IC, one of my jobs was to do assessments. Just before COVID hit in 2020, I was working on something that had been selected for a Presidential Daily Brief (yay, me!). Anyway, I had to cut down a 6 page report into one paragraph, three sentences at the most. That's the longest TFG's attention span was. I asked our PDB liaison if I should write it in crayon.

[JoseBalow]

25. Great opportunity to set a trap

and catch him in the act

[Rebl2]

54. Agree

[Hartpi978]

26. Don't you need a security clearance for this information

Trump would not be granted the lowest level security clearance with his background.

He is under indictment
He is heavily indicted.
He associates with insurrectionists
He provided aid and comfort to insurrectionists attempting to stop the regular business of government.
He is under the foreign influence of several individuals and countries.

Let me give you an example. If you were behind in your student loan payments owed the the government, you would be automatically disqualified.

[Deep State Witch]

28. Remember, They Dealt With TFG for 4 Years

I trust that the Intelligence Community won't tell him anything important. In fact, I'd bet dollars to donuts that they tell him incorrect information. And when he blurts it out in public - they've got him.

[nakocal]

30. Do not provide any briefings until the trials for the

stolen documents and Jan 6 have concluded.

[getagrip_already]

31. Just honey pot him....

Feed him false intelligence. Tell him that musk is an agent tasked to set up putin snd draw rusdian troops into a disaster by sharing Intel on starlink, which he is sharing with ukraine.

Give him something that can be tracked. Then charge him with espionage for leaking it.

[OMGWTF]

32. "He's been so reckless." You misspelled "traitorous."

[babylonsister]

35. "and knowing the intelligence community, as I do" said Adam Schiff,

but let's not forget those in the intelligence community who actively relished doing that disgusting moron's bidding.

[C Moon]

36. They would have had to dumb it down anyway.

[KS Toronado]

37. Feed him bogus Russian information

that Putin might believe and see if Putin acts upon the false intel. Something non-military, like bank ZZZ is
going to hand over all his money to Ukraine to use against him. Love to see the DOJ charge tsf with being a
traitor right before the election. ANYBODY IN WASHINGTON LISTENING?

[Aviation Pro]

38. I proffered this in another thread regarding briefing Motherfucker

"Shit happening around the world, most of it caused by you.

No questions."

[elleng]

39. HELL YES!

[liberal N proud]

41. What do you do when a candidate could be a Russian operative?

Putin owns Biden’s Predecessor

[2naSalit]

42. Just redact it...

Every page, all but insignificant words. It's what he has done in the past.

[SWBTATTReg]

43. Well, Adam has the right idea, to dumb the presentation down, but I don't think you can't dumb it down enough.

Like some have said, use crayons, etc. to present national security matters.

[CommonOkie]

46. Get Smart

Tell him we have an assassin following Vlad.

[SARose]

47. No briefing now

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. He won’t receive a briefing until after the Republican Convention.

I believe he will drop out before then. Why? If the Summer polls even hint that he will lose buh bye. He will climb aboard Trump One in the middle of the night to parts unknown. I believe with my whole heart most Americans are sick of his chaos, cons, and hate speech.

Everything Trump touches dies - including the Republican Party.

[Bucky]

50. I used to think that. But he's a narcissist with an enabling cult

He knows getting elected president is the only way he can get out from under his legal troubles. It's bizarre how totally the rest of the party has fallen for this abusive inept sociopath.

[SARose]

53. Yep

My heart wants him gone while my mind totally agrees with you.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

48. Dick and Jane

Just give him successive volumes of Dick and Jane Labled "PDB."

[Bucky]

49. Or smarten it up. Give it to him in written form with multiple polysyllables

Maybe hand it to him in a PowerPoint and require the he operate the computer alone

[riversedge]

51. Trumpy would Fluck that test. But that said-I do not think he-or anyone is allowed to take

papers with him?? are they??

[Wonder Why]

57. "You see Mr. Trump, once upon a time there was an Ogre in a big castle and he wanted to take over

the small castle belonging to a wonderful guy who let his people enjoy lots of rights, like the ability to eat at Wendy's and have ice cream. The Ogre took some of Mr. Wonderful's property and refused to give it back. Then he sent his army of monsters into the rest of Mr. Wonderful's land and hurt a lot of his people and stole some of the little children living with their nice parents. Friends of Mr. Wonderful provided help to him but the Ogre was so big and threatened everybody. But the worst thing was that some of the people in the lands helping Mr. Wonderful refused to help him any more and they sided with the Ogre and sold their souls to the Ogre. Mr. Biden, head of that friend's land begged those people to help Mr. Wonderful but they didn't care about helping anyone but themselves. Does that explain it for you Mr. Trump?"

[Cha]

58. Kick for Adam Schiff.. TY