Posted on 09/13/2012 5:50:40 AM PDT by EBH
Mitt Romney does not currently receive national security briefings, his campaign confirmed to CBS News today.
Typically, presidential candidates begin receiving briefings after securing their party's nomination, which Romney did in Tampa two weeks ago.
"It's a long-standing practice for presidential candidates and select advisers to be provided intelligence briefings following the party's nominating convention," Shawn Turner, the spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, told CNN in June. "During the last presidential campaign, all the candidates began receiving briefings in September following the conventions."
Turner tells CBS News the process is "moving forward."
"The Intelligence Community is working closely with the Romney campaign to finalize the logistics for the candidate briefings," he told CBS News. "The process is moving forward on schedule and we are not aware of any concerns."
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Did candidate 0bama get National Security Briefings in 2008?
Candidate Obama was on the Senate Foreign Relations committee so he got heads up that way.
Precisely the point! 0bummer doesn't want Romney to know anything he doesn't know, but he is too lazy to get the data himself. His solution? Don't give it to Romney either.
What about candidates Bush (2000) and Clinton (1992)?
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