Posted on 11/12/2016 4:59:02 AM PST by NYer
President-elect Donald Trump will now have access to the most authoritative and highly classified intelligence produced by the U.S. government, Fox News has learned.
Two intelligence sources confirmed that the President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, is now available to Trump – after the White House, before Tuesday’s election, had directed that the winner have full access to the material, to ensure a smooth transition.
The sources told Fox News they do not anticipate the briefings will begin until next week at the earliest.
While Trump prepares to be read in on top U.S. intelligence, he and his transition team are busy assembling potential candidates for key roles in the Trump administration. He tweeted Friday that he had a “busy day” planned in New York and would soon “be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government.”
The PDB is like a highly classified newspaper for the president, and now the president-elect. It is significantly different than the information provided in briefings for candidates; those briefings act as primers to help bring candidates up to speed on topics like China, Iran and the Islamic State.
Candidates have been free to request additional briefs on topics of personal interest, and those supplemental briefings were made available to the other candidate.
The PDB is a focused intelligence product, and has a very high threshold for intelligence to be included.
If Trump were to receive the brief in New York City, the president-elect would need to travel to a secure federal facility, such as the FBI office.
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Wow. Just like Anthony Weiner!
That is such a great comment!! Wow.
And Hillary’s maid!
Why is this a story? Of course we know why. It fits the MSM and Dem narrative that we should be afraid that Trump has access to sensitive intelligence and eventually the nuclear codes.
Trump just received Bill’s “Little Black Book?”
Duh.....just like every other President Elect...
“Valuable”? That certainly is how Hillary views it.
Think they will tell him the real story about the Greys?
I bet he won’t be having his maid get it off the printer and he won’t keep it on his private server because he won’t use his private server for official business or for storing classified information.
I hope Trump remembers that whistleblowers have outed top intelligence officers for skewing Intel for Obama.
He will need to get his own people into top spots and talk to some folks down chain to make sure he is getting correct information.
I hope KT McFarland is staying on his team.
How do we know that the P-E is getting a high quality, unbiased intel product?
Just askin’....
cuz the Trump Camp can actually keep a secret.
Now he’s caught up to all those who have been eaves dropping on Hitlary’s email system
Yep. And there have been other stories that distinguish between the printed PDB, and the oral delivery of especially sensitive information. All reported to set the stage for later hit pieces.
Jan. 22 Trump should release all Obama’s records.
If Trump were to receive the brief in New York City, the president-elect would need to travel to a secure federal facility, such as the FBI office.
You mean they can not simply email it to him? /s
Supposedly, he is getting a copy of what is delivered to Obama's office, to be read by Valerie and the maid.
But you ask a great question. The president has the ability to mold the contents of this report by selecting who composes it, questioning and criticizing the contents, and so forth. The report that is created now is a reflection of Obama's interests.
The notion that the CIA and FBI are purely professional organizations is as believable as the calim that the media practices unbiased journalism. In orther words, a self-serving myth.
And that's why I believe Newt will be Chief of Staff....the go to man.
Deirdre Mc and Rory S discussing skin in the game.
How Hillary shd be ambassador to Lybia. https://t.co/mSeJ9kd2uA— NassimNicholasTaleb (@nntaleb) November 12, 2016
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