As soon as we knew that Donald Trump had lost the election, security experts were raising the alarm that Trump should be denied intelligence briefings in his post-presidency. The very real concern is that Trump is a con man, a grifter and a traitor, and he would sell America’s secrets at the first opportunity. He already has access to all of America’s current secrets, although many have argued (quite successfully) that he’s literally too stupid to understand most of what he has access to. All ex-presidents have the choice about whether they’ll still receive intelligence briefings, and most ex-presidents want the updates. It might not be up to Trump though – President Biden’s incoming chief of staff says that they’re not ruling out anything.

Joe Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff on Sunday did not rule out blocking President Donald Trump from receiving intelligence briefings once he is a private citizen. Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” whether the Biden administration would follow recommendations from a former intelligence official to limit Trump’s access to classified information, Ron Klain said, “We’ll certainly look for a recommendation from the intelligence professionals in the Biden-Harris administration once they’re in place and act on that recommendation.”

“So obviously, we don’t have those intelligence professionals in place yet. (I) hope the Senate moves to confirm them quickly and then we’ll look what they recommend in terms of intelligence sharing going forward,” he continued.

Former Trump principal deputy director of national intelligence Sue Gordon wrote in an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Friday that Trump “might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent” once he is no longer President. “He leaves, unlike his predecessors who embraced the muted responsibilities of being a ‘former,’ with a stated agenda to stay engaged in politics and policy,” she wrote. “No departing president in the modern era has hinted at or planned on becoming a political actor immediately after leaving office.”

Gordon’s op-ed came in the wake of Trump’s role inciting a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.

[From CNN]

I think both things can be true at once – Trump is too stupid to understand most intelligence briefings, he’s too stupid to understand the value of the information he has at his fingertips AND he shouldn’t receive classified briefings going forward because he would sell that sh-t or reveal it for free. What concerns me as well is all of the sh-t Jared Kushner, Stephen Miller and assorted traitors have been doing for the past four years, and the knowledge they’re walking away with. God, I hope the whole fascist lot of them ends up in prison.

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