that such meddling isn't duplicated in future elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators. amid what "the times" describes as fears that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed or its sources exposed once power changed hands, what followed was a push to preserve the intelligence. quote, as inauguration day approached, obama white house officials grew convinced that the intelligence they had was damning and that they needed to ensure that as many people as possible inside government could see it, even if people without security clearances could not. some officials began asking specific questions at intelligence briefings, knowing the answers would be archived and could easily be unearthed by investigators. hmm. at intelligence agencies, there was a push to process as much raw intelligence as possible into analyses, and to keep the reports at relatively low classification levels to ensure as wide a readership as possible