No Intelligence Briefing for Trump

[George K]

A question asked on the REWC, and I think it's valid: Why should any former president receive intelligence briefings? S/he's not in a position of power, but just a (well-perked) private citizen.

Have to agree. Once you're out of government, you're, well, out of government.

[jon-nyc]

By the way, the White House clarified that they have made no such decision, and will leave his briefing up to the intelligence services.

My guess is he'll get one that is somewhat lite. If he even wants it.

[Copper]

@george-k said in No Intelligence Briefing for Trump:

Why should any former president receive intelligence briefings?

Because they feed the former presidents bad information that is then passed on to whichever country is paying the bills.

[Catseye3]

@jon-nyc said in No Intelligence Briefing for Trump:

By the way, the White House clarified that they have made no such decision, and will leave his briefing up to the intelligence services.
My guess is he'll get one that is somewhat lite. If he even wants it.

My own private opinion is that, with the contrivance of Langley and the Joint Chiefs and State and the other alphabets, -- and possibly other heads of state -- that is all he got when he was in office. I think for his four years, decisions affecting our global security rested outside the presidency. I think the spooks in charge just hunkered down for the duration and did what was necessary.

Plus he would have been absurdly easy to fool.

I believe this because I can't imagine them doing anything else. This is my own idea and not gotten from anywhere beyond my fevered brain.

And of course, I could be entirely full of kaka.