received, how important are those for him to be prepared when he goes into the white house in january? yes, they do go a whole lot deeper than the daily book of secrets itself does. because you have to remember this is still president obama s dpb. he is still getting it every day as president. so donald trump is coming in midstream and coming into stories that are going on for weeks or months. it s going to be more useful for president-elect trump to not only get up to speed by reading that book but also get the in-depth briefings on the issues he wants to know more about than he can get in a mapage or two inside this classified book. he s also talking to members of the intelligence community, the people who are briefing him, and over the course of the election, he insulted them and their abilities. so with that in mind, how do you think that influences this relationship and how important are the briefings to maybe fixing some of a relationship? or maybe those numbers of the
but also an update on covert programs that are being run overseas and the specific sources and methods by which intelligence is collected. former cia officer david pries who served as a briefer during the administration of george w. bush. he briefed many top level officials in the administration. he s also the author of the president s book of secrets. so when you heard this, david, what did you think about certainly it s surprising. is this a cause for concern? it is a little surprising, and happy thanksgiving, brianna. happy thanksgiving. it is a little surprising because most presidents have chosen to start getting these daily intelligence briefings and really engage with their briefers. at least in the modern era. but looking back at the history of it, it s not completely surprising. some president-elects started getting it right after the
your insight, thank you so much, and happy thanksgiving. thank you, you too. i want to bring in our panel. trump supporter and goformer lieutenant governor of new york betsy mccoy it also, cnn political commentator and hillary clinton supporter hilary rosen. i want to ask you, lieutenant governor, shouldn t he be take g ing advantage of these briefings, considering he, as you would expect, has some ground to make up, having not, you know, served in government and had access to some of this information that other former presidents-elect have had? i m not concerned at all. in fact, keeping the nation safe is donald trump s highest priority. that s why he s put forward a plan to substantially increase our defense capabilities. prevent refugees from coming in from muslim dominated countries, closing the border and, most importantly, he is in the process of appointing a real national security dream team,
i won this 55 inch tv for less than $30 on dealdash.com. visit dealdash.com for great deals. and start bidding today! there are just 57 days left until inauguration. a new report says president-elect donald trump is choosing to skip most of the daily intelligence briefings that have been prepared for him since his election victory. according to the washington post, an intelligence team has been prepared to brief trump every day since the election. but he s only met with them twice. vice president-elect mike pence meantime has been receiving his briefings almost every day. the president s daily brief, or shorthanded, the pdb, not only provides a rundown of threats and security developments from all u.s. intelligence agencies
election. ronald reagan himself in 1980, he waited until november 22nd to start his daily pdb briefings with these briefers. and george w. bush because of the whole recount debacle in 2000, he didn t start getting his daily briefings on the book until december 5th. so there is some precedent for the presidents-elect waiting to get full speed on this. president obama has really, you know, he not only got the regular briefings, he scheduled deep dives on key subjects like iran s nuclear program. as you mentioned that george w. bush s was delayed and we see this here in the graphic. but then he got briefings every day afterwards. so i think we re waiting to see what donald trump does going forward. and then bill clinton got his first briefing ten days after the election, then received them almost every day after that. i wonder for someone like donald trump who doesn t have foreign policy experience, those deep dives that president-elect obama