President Biden said Friday that he does not believe the former President Trump
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Biden said in an interview with “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” that he does not believe Trump should still receive intelligence briefings “because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the uprising”, referring to the January 6 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol.
Biden reiterated his belief that Trump represents an “existential threat” and “dangerous”. Asked about his worst fear if Trump continues to receive intelligence information, Biden declined to speculate, but suggested that he sees no value in Trump continuing to receive information.
“I prefer not to speculate out loud. I just think there’s no need for him to have intelligence instructions. What is the value of giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does it have, other than the fact that he can 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 briefings after leaving office. CNN reported on Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community would review any requests for Trump’s intelligence briefings, according to normal practice.
Some called for Trump to be cut off from intelligence. Sue Gordon, a career intelligence officer who served as chief deputy director of national intelligence during the Trump administration, wrote an article in the Washington Post arguing that Trump can be “exceptionally vulnerable to bad actors with bad intentions” and should not receive more intelligence instructions.
“I don’t make this recommendation casually. It is based on my deep knowledge of the threats to national security, in decades protecting our people and interests abroad, and on my experience in implementing technical means to face our adversaries, ”wrote Gordon in January.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff
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“There is no circumstance in which this president should receive another intelligence briefing, either now or in the future,” said Schiff on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program. “In fact, there were, I think, a large number of intelligence partners around the world who probably started to withhold information from us because they did not trust the president to protect that information and protect its sources and methods. And that makes us less secure. “
Biden’s interview with CBS represents his first television interview since taking office and will air in full on Sunday, before the Super Bowl.