Posted on 09/29/2014 11:42:24 PM PDT by Nachum
A new Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report reveals that President Barack Obama has attended only 42.1% of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) in the 2,079 days of his presidency through September 29, 2014.
The GAI report also included a breakdown of Obamas PDB attendance record between terms; he attended 42.4% of his PDBs in his first term and 41.3% in his second.
The GAIs alarming findings come on the heels of Obamas 60 Minutes comments on Sunday, wherein the president laid the blame for the Islamic States (ISIS) rapid rise squarely at the feet of his Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
I think our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria, said Obama.
According to Daily Beast reporter Eli Lake, members of the Defense establishment were flabbergasted by Obamas attempt to shift blame.
Either the president doesnt read the intelligence hes getting or hes bullshitting, a former senior Pentagon official who worked closely on the threat posed by Sunni jihadists in Syria and Iraq told the Daily Beast.
On Monday, others in the intelligence community similarly blasted Obama and said hes shown longstanding disinterest in receiving live, in-person PDBs that allow the Commander-in-Chief the chance for critical followup, feedback, questions, and the challenging of flawed intelligence assumptions.
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He’d rather read about it in the papers....2 months after the briefing he skipped.
I’m really betting 50% attendance is being optimistic.
Same as in Jr high or high school. The followers who admire and follow those who are scum. Way beyond peer pressure !
Maybe the PDB reports need to be sent via certified mail - legal proof that they have been received.
POST OF THE DAY!
“Barack Beeblebrox”. That’s PERFECT!
We have that right now, him out in the news and valjar doing the work.
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Does anyone know who actually shows up at these briefings and whether they are always the same people? If the Grand Kenyan doesn’t want to be there it seems like a great opportunity for mischief amongst the group?
Great chart. Posting on Twitter and my site. Thank you.
Oh, I think that if it the same or better, the Democratic propaganda team would have already put the comparison out on Twitter and Facebook.
We can safely assume that within the next 24 to 48 hours, they will come up with a lie to deflect the truth.
Barack beheading to the golf course.
I’m not surprised at all to hear this. I’ve always figured he was the type that didn’t want to be bothered with this kind of stuff.
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