Trump to Receive First Classified Briefing

[struggle4progress]

By MIKE LEVINE
JOHN SANTUCCI
Aug 16, 2016, 11:40 AM ET

Certain staffers in the FBI's New York Field Office have been told to expect a special guest tomorrow: Donald Trump.

He is scheduled to receive his first classified briefing as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, according to sources notified of the upcoming visit.

Trump is planning to take with him New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a former Defense Intelligence Agency director who has become an outspoken supporter of Trump, a senior campaign official said.

Career staffers from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the nation's top intelligence office, will be leading the briefing, which is expected to cover major threats and emerging concerns around the world ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-receive-classified-briefing-tomorrow/story?id=41419607

[mucifer]

1. So Putin will receive his first classified briefing.

[niyad]

2. why does christie get to go? he didn't win anything. and why flynn?

[spanone]

3. it will probably be in a stump speech by thursday

[Mc Mike]

4. Disinform. Flush fake intel down the pipe and see where it comes out.

[lame54]

5. it's not a law - it's tradition...

like releasing tax returns

deny him this briefing

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/09/477382561/u-s-intelligence-officials-carry-on-tradition-of-briefing-presidential-candidate

President Truman started the tradition of providing classified briefings to presidential candidates back in 1952.