Rep. Adam Schiff urges Biden to withhold intelligence briefings from Trump

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Source: axios




40 mins ago - Politics & Policy



House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is calling on President-elect Biden to deny intelligence briefings to President Trump once he leaves office, arguing that Trump has politicized intelligence and poses a national security risk.

What he's saying: "I don't think he can be trusted with it now, and in the future he certainly can't be trusted," Schiff told CBS' "Face the Nation," on Sunday.

The California lawmaker said he agrees with a recent op-ed by Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon, who served during the Trump administration, in which she called on Biden to break a longtime tradition and deny Trump routine briefings and access to classified information.

Schiff said he worries that U.S. allies don't trust Trump, and that some nations "probably started withholding information from us because they didn't trust the president would safeguard that information and protect their sources and methods. And that makes us less safe."...................

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This is the wisest thing I have heard in awhile.
Trump would probably sell classified info to anyone who wrote or said nice things about him!!

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[FarPoint]

1. YES, YES, ....

And YES!!

[Wicked Blue]

2. He's a TRAITOR

and should not receive any sort of intelligence briefings, ever

[liberalmuse]

3. Biden says he will defer this decision to the Intelligence Community.

I suspect it could be because they may have told Biden they want to keep feeding Trump intelligence - FAKE intelligence, just to see if he or Kushner are high security risks for the intelligence they already know (more Kushner than Trump since Trump's brain is oatmeal.) I don't trust Kushner. He's been seeking lots of intelligence, and that is highly suspicious. Trump will retain just enough to tell Kushner what he's briefed on, though.

[empedocles]

4. Sounds right

[SheltieLover]

5. This!👆

I trust Joe & Kamala to make the right decision, but am glad Schiff spoke up about shit stain.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. As I remember......

Kushner never did get "normal" intelligence clearance - he was "denied" but that was over-ruled by BunkerBoy.

[NYC Liberal]

17. It's also a good political move.

If they recommend against it, Biden can say he acted on the advice of the professionals rather than just his own judgment.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Better yet, give him plausible, but incorrect assessments and see

if/how they show up in the sigintel stream.

[erronis]

22. Yup. SOP. Of course with trump relaying intelligence is like that old game - refrigerator?

What false intel you say to him will come out so garbled that it might actually be true. But then his memory is shot.

Wonder if snake kushner will be part of the briefings...

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. Kushner will be briefed by Trump. He'll have to figure if they can monetize it.

[intheflow]

40. I think the game you're thinking of is Telephone. n/t

[Gary 50]

8. Who in their right mind would give the treasonous piece of shit classified information?

First, he would be too lazy to read it. Second, he would be too stupid to understand it. Third, he might try to sell it or give it to our enemies out of spite.

[dutch777]

9. Trump is a worry but his partisans in Congress also get briefings...the problem is not...

...just Trump. We have insurrectionists still in government even after Trump is golfing full time. You think wingnuts like Brooks, Boebert and Greene will have any problem slipping Trump a note on something they want him to go off on to his base? Now, there is the little issue of consequences for that but damage could be done long before the consequences hit home. Question is not only will Trump (and Jared and Ivanka) lose their briefings, will they lose their security clearances? Then if they come in possession of classified info and do anything with it other than report it to the FBI, they have a problem. This is a hydra....losing only one head does not slay the beast.

[Cha]

10. That's a No brainer!

[catbyte]

11. Feed him fake intel to see if it pops up anywhere in the world.

I don't trust him any farther than I could toss Trump Tower.

[Mr.Bill]

19. I would be disappointed if our intelligence

agencies haven't been doing that for awhile.

[iscooterliberally]

35. That was my first thought too. Feed him bullshit and see where it turns up. n/t

[oldsoftie]

36. You know, i think thats a GREAT idea.

[ashredux]

12. USE HIM....brief him...tell him what we WANT Putin to know, so to speak.

[patphil]

13. He couldn't be trusted with that information while President, surely not after leaving office.

If the Senate convicts him, they should pull his passport, and forbid him to meet with foreign agents, dignitaries, or leaders without state department people present.

[BlueIdaho]

14. Trump ignored Intelligence Briefings as President

No reason for him to care now -unless he’s planning on selling the info. If that’s the case -set him up and nail his fat ass.

[intrepidity]

15. If Biden needs Schiff to tell him this....

hopefully Biden is acutely aware of the situation!

[AwakeAtLast]

16. But if they catch him sharing secrets - and they would

because he is an idiot, that would be Espionage which carries a very severe penalty. Is it worth it to give him the rope?

[marble falls]

18. I don't think Joe needs any guidence on this issue.

[NonPC]

20. But When Trump is Just a Citizen After Jan 20th

If he gives classified secrets to our enemies, isn't that a chargeable crime? I'm sure that DOJ, DOD, and State would all say pull it, so they probably will. Rip the bandage off all at once, let him bitch (maybe), and get on with rebuilding America's relationships in the world. He's confused the world stage long enough. Treat him as irrelevant, as he needs to be.

[SergeStorms]

21. Absolutely.

Trump and intelligence do not mix well. Like oil and water.

[PatrickforO]

23. Trump totally cannot be trusted with classified intelligence. He's selling pardons.

HE will sell anything to anybody.

Don't give him any.

EVER.

[llashram]

24. SHUN HIM

like the plague, he allowed here that continues to kill people needlessly. 400,000+ and rising.

[RainCaster]

26. Trump format: 8 words max, in crayon

[DENVERPOPS]

25. There is absolutely no question in my mind

That Trump and his Spawn have already been sending intel to Putin and others already throughout his presidency.
Jared and his trailer trash barbie have also been doing it with profits in off shore accounts held by Trump Inc.

He will, if he continues to get intel briefings, use them as a continued revenue stream and profit center......

Of course, we have already witnessed what Republican House and Senate members of intelligence committees and other secret briefings do with information they have been previously been briefed on......

I wouldn't doubt that they will immediately transfer all the info they are privy to, to all other "Powers That Be" in their party of supreme grifting....

Where and when, will the entirety of the RepubliCON's never ending, corrupt shit stop ??????????

It truly is like a game of jeopardy........"Who is the director of every single action by Trump and Republican Administration......."

"WHO IS VLADIMIR PUTIN"......for the win...................Seriously, folks, think about it............

I have been told that the Russian people are laughing their asses off at how easily Putin was able to destroy the U.S. and Democracy, without having started a war or firing a single missile or rocket.........

[myohmy2]

27. +1...

...a very wise thing to urge...

...I don't know about you, but if given a choice, I want to be 'more safe' not 'less safe'...

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[avebury]

29. That should really be a no brainier. nt

[Lasher]

30. Our allies have been less candid lately with their classified information.

It's because they don't trust Trump. We need to eliminate this liability on day one. I'm sure the CIA has already caught him giving sensitive information to our enemies.

[quakerboy]

31. I stand by my former belief

Make them available to trump, as is customary (until he is convicted)

But only in written form, in secluded, secured room in DC, where only he is allowed with no attendants, no phones, no electronic devices.

And for good measure, hang a large picture of a smiling Obama on the wall.

[flibbitygiblets]

32. Or just remove the auto-forward to the Kremlin /nt

[iluvtennis]

33. I agree with Adam Schiff. nt

[twodogsbarking]

34. Just make some shit up

and give it to him, like he does.

[oldsoftie]

37. Hell, I didnt know former Presidents GOT those briefings. nt

[LiberalFighter]

38. Should be withheld from Lindsey Graham too.

[aggiesal]

39. I agree, withhold them. ...

Pendejo45 doesn't read them anyway, so it's just a waste of time and paper.

[lagomorph777]

41. This is a no-brainer. He should NEVER have had access.

And there is no excuse for it now.

[BrightKnight]

42. He did try to overthrow the government and establish himself as dictator.

That would disqualify post people from a security clearance.

He also associates with groups that advocate the violent overthrow of the Government.

How may bankruptcies has he had? Does he have any pending litigation?

It is difficult to believe that he could get or maintain a security clearance.