Romney receives first intelligence briefing

[trailmonkee]

Source: ap

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has received his first regular intelligence briefing from the Obama administration during a stop in Los Angeles.

Romney spokesman Rick Gorka says the former Massachusetts governor met Monday with members of the intelligence community at a federal building. Romney's briefing lasted 2 hours.

The meetings are customary for major-party candidates after their nominating conventions and require a security clearance.

The lack of intelligence briefings drew attention last week when Romney struggled to respond to a violent clash in Libya that left four Americans dead, including an ambassador. Before the deaths were confirmed, Romney mischaracterized the incident in his initial statement and accused President Barack Obama of a "disgraceful" handling of violence.


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not a great idea imho

[jsr]

1. Was it successfully received?

[Turbineguy]

2. "Bring me

my brown trousers!"

[mzteris]

3. I'm not sure he understood. . .

doesn't one have to BE intelligent first?

[L0oniX]

4. That fuck will spill secrets ...wait for it. n/t

[rickford66]

8. You're right

It won't be long.

[Nancy Waterman]

17. That was my first reaction too

I don't think he can be trusted with the secrets. He blurts things out too much.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. Exactly. He will show off in a debate, and fuck things up even more.

[Tumbulu]

36. I worry about this too (nt)

[0rganism]

45. i wonder if Obama was smart enough to feed him false intel

that'll be a hoot, if he just started spouting shit off in the debate like he knew something, and then got his ass handed to him.
Then again, that'll probably happen regardless.

[elleng]

5. I agree not a great idea.

Wonder if they did it with THESE:

[Summer Hathaway]

6. "The lack of intelligence briefings drew attention last week ...

... when Romney struggled to respond to a violent clash in Libya."

Romney's remarks, as always, are not due to a lack of intelligence briefings, but rather to a lack of intelligence, period.

[nolabear]

7. Well THIS should be fun. Misuse of intel in 3...2...1...

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. People are having fun with this; but ...

an imprudent remark, as romney is known to make, about... say ... Israel/Iran could start a shooting war ... followed by nukes flying to the East and maybe exploding in the west.

This is not a good thing.

[Marrah_G]

32. I agree, it's a very bad thing

Having him anywhere near the realm of national security scares the crap out of me.

[sarcasmo]

9. Does he want to confirm this information with his Mormon Planet?

[aletier_v]

10. "Romney's Intelligence Briefing" is an oxymoron

[trailmonkee]

12. now with even more moron

[olddad56]

33. an oxymoromney

[randome]

11. "Wait! Where's the briefing for the Soviet Union?"

[beac]

21. And I hope that's the ONLY one they gave him!

Okay, maybe he can have one on Czechoslovakia too.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

43. I've been saying they should feed him phony intelligence to see what leaks.

After his Czechoslovakia comment, they should just make up wild bullshit.

"The Looming Threat of Freedonia"

He'll never know the difference.

[KamaAina]

13. It said "Three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan today."

He turned to Ryan and asked, "How nany is a brazillion?"

[trailmonkee]

15. it's even funnier with your misspelling

thank you that made me laugh

[gordianot]

14. I understand why, but what a waste.

[Angry Dragon]

18. It went in one ear and out the other

Nothing in the middle to stop it

[tjdee]

19. I am REALLY not comfortable with this, he's a loose cannon.

Hopefully he just gets like, level 1 info.

He's not above spilling the beans all over at some donor dinner or some campaign stop.

[Liberalynn]

20. I feel a lot less safe

[WeekendWarrior]

22. They can give this guy all the briefings they want,

but he'll never be intelligent.

[kayakjohnny]

23. They could have punk'd him with a bunch of fake info... knowing he's going to go out and abuse the

privilege.

[Politicub]

25. Such a bad idea n/t

[MFM008]

26. MORE

Mittwit needs MORE intelligence, compassion........you name it.

[curlyred]

27. Romney and intelligence in the same sentence?

The mind boggles.

[ncgrits]

28. I do NOT understand why they do this before the election.

Surely there is time for this between the first Tuesday in November and January 20th. Why is this the tradition? If ever there was a case against it, Romney is it!

At first I thought he was bland. Then he was a flip flopper. Then an ass. Then a lying shit. But NOW he is all of those things AND a wild-eyed craven opportunist! Do not brief this psycho!!!

[goclark]

29. Rmoney and the word "intelligence"

should never be in the same sentence.

[lunatica]

38. Unless words like "lack", "abysmal", or "non-existent"

are there too.

[Lars39]

30. Hopefully they gave him shallow version.

Info he can't screw around with and cause WWIII.

[hack89]

41. They have to give him the same level of detail they gave candidate Obama in 2008

this election is close enough without giving Republicans a sharp stick to poke Obama in the eye with.

[Lars39]

44. Would he know the difference though?

Can't exactly compare notes with McCain since it does deal with intelligence. And at this point, McCain probably isn't too keen on helping Romney.

[PD Turk]

31. To which he replied

How many is a Brazillion?!!

[onehandle]

34. Unnecessary. nt

[hack89]

42. They have to treat Romney the same way Obama was treated in 2008

since it is a long standing tradition to not give the briefs is to merely ignite a political firestorm that diverts attention from Romney. Romney is killing his own candidacy - why get in his way?

[defacto7]

35. Very scary...

Trusting anyone whose highest allegiance is not the United States of America but a mythical fantasy Mormon world, and a world order that wants to reinterpret the constitution and rid the nation of anyone who does not fit their interpretation of wealth and labor... is dangerous and foolhardy.

He cannot be trusted... period.

[Katashi_itto]

37. I wonder how many people he will get killed before the election? He will let something loose.

He can't be trusted...

[crim son]

39. I'm not worried.

I doubt he was told anything that matters. Too great a risk.

[Volaris]

40. Not to worry...

in this case, "Intelligence Briefing" just means he lucked out and rolled a Plus-Three on his new Magic Underwear.