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Washington(CNN)President-elect Joe Biden and his team will soon have to decide whether to share transcripts of presidential calls with foreign leaders to a broad, security clearance-holding audience, or maintain a lockdown on official transcripts of the calls and other highly sensitive information imposed by the Trump administration over concerns they might be leaked.
A person close to the Biden transition team told CNN that no decisions have been made about how these sensitive materials will be handled when the President-elect takes office on January 20, and that it's likely they will maintain the Trump administration's close hold on such information, at least at first, until they are settled in and Jake Sullivan, Biden's pick for national security adviser, can assess their information security needs.
A senior US official said that the Biden team will be given access to a secret server containing sensitive information related to President Donald Trump's more controversial conversations with foreign leaders on a need-to-know basis and the Trump administration is prepared to share any information that they deem to be relevant to their future decision-making process.
While Biden's team will likely aim to be more transparent, much has changed since many of his senior appointees were in government and the politically charged atmosphere in Washington on the heels of the election has some officials urging caution in the early months, to prevent leaks and assess the needs and boundaries of sharing sensitive information.
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Basis. There are a lot of balls in the air that need to be kept from hitting the ground.
calimary
(81,527 posts)Id expected theyd want to keep that covered up.
Walleye
(31,081 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)only result in us transferring our anger to him.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... no doubt Putin's Whore has planet enough people in the US government to make sure any intel is weakened and sent to our enemies.