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Biden will wait for recommendation on sharing secrets with Trump

 

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden arrives to introduce key members of his White House science team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 16, 2021 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will wait for a recommendation from his intelligence advisers on whether to share classified information with President Donald Trump after the Republican leaves office, Biden's top aide said on Sunday.

 

Ron Klain, the incoming White House chief of staff, made the comment after former principal deputy director of national intelligence, Sue Gordon, wrote an op-ed arguing against sharing such information with Trump once he has left the presidency.

 

"With this simple act — which is solely the new president’s prerogative — Joe Biden can mitigate one aspect of the potential national security risk posed by Donald Trump, private citizen," Gordon said in a Washington Post piece headlined "A former president Trump won't 'need to know.' Cut off his intelligence."

 

Asked about Gordon's recommendation, Klain told CNN's "State of the Union" program that Biden would want to hear from his own intelligence professionals before making any decision.

 

"We'll certainly look for a recommendation from the intelligence professionals in the Biden administration ... and we will act on that recommendation," he said.

 

Gordon, who resigned in 2019, said any former president was a foreign intelligence target but Trump "might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent," citing, among other things, his business interests abroad.

 

"It is not clear that he understands the tradecraft to which he has been exposed, the reasons the knowledge he has acquired must be protected from disclosure, or the intentions and capabilities of adversaries," she added.

 

Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff was more blunt, telling CBS' "Face The Nation" program, "I don't think he can be trusted with it."

 

(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed and Jan Wolfe; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

 

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10 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

It's a traditional thing.  Ex-Presidents can play an important role for the incumbent by sharing their opinions and insights from their time in office.  They would need classified intel info in order to play this role.  But Trump is such an incompetent idiot who never took his job seriously and would be unlikely to provide any sort of sound advice.  He's also hopelessly corrupt and would undoubtedly use this info to line his own pockets and his buddies. 

Yes! A very stupid tradition! Have they ever heard of administration where all is noted and can be accessed by the new appointed president. The old one is leaving, and have at his inaguration agreed to sign a document that prohibits him to hide any secrets nor take them with him leaving the office.

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4 minutes ago, Susco said:

I wonder actually why any ex president should still be given this info. After all, they are now private citizens

Read the, oh I don't know, two or three recent posts that have already explained this.

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