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Why should any presidential candidate get intelligence briefings? Why does any presidential candidate need to know what is going on in the world beyond what they can get from the news media? How does it make the country safer to give intelligence briefings to people who are not the President, members of the intelligence community, or members of the national security team? What good could come from giving presidential candidates intelligence briefings? What could change? Neither candidate has the power to make a decision if something were to happen. Neither one of the candidates is in the governmental chain of command. Therefore, if the President or Vice President were unable to perform the duties of their jobs, neither of them would be appointed President. So, what is the point of giving them intelligence briefings?
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