President Biden said Friday that he did not believe that old one President Trump
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Biden said in a CBS Evening News interview with Norah O’Donnell that he does not believe Trump has yet to receive intelligence intelligence “because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurgency,” referring to the January 6 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol.
Biden reiterated his belief that Trump poses an “existential threat” and “danger.” Asked about his worst fear if Trump continues to receive intelligence, Biden declined to speculate, but suggested he sees no value in Trump continuing to receive intelligence.
“I prefer not to speculate out loud. I just don’t think you need to have informative information. What value is an intelligence briefing giving you? What impact does it have, other than the fact that it could slip and say something? “Biden said.
The White House said earlier this week that its national security team is conducting a review to determine whether Trump should continue to receive intelligence reports after he left office. CNN reported Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community would review any request for information from Trump, in accordance with normal practice.
Some have called for Trump to cut himself off from intelligence. Sue Gordon, a professional intelligence official who served as deputy director of national intelligence during the Trump administration, wrote a Washington Post publication arguing that Trump could be “unusually vulnerable to malicious actors with bad intentions. ”And that he should not receive more intelligence. .
“I do not make this recommendation by chance. It is based on my deep understanding of national security threats, decades of protecting our people and our interests abroad, and my experience deploying technical means to counter our opponents, ”Gordon wrote in January.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff
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“There’s no circumstance that this president should receive another intelligence briefing, either now or in the future,” Schiff told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “In fact, there are, I think, there are a large number of intelligence partners around the world who probably started withholding information from us because they didn’t trust the president to safeguard that information and protect their sources and methods. And that makes us less confident. “
Biden’s interview with CBS represents his first television interview since taking office and will be broadcast in full on the Sunday before the Super Bowl.