ABC News: No full intel briefings for Biden yet

11.9.2020 / By Molly Nagle and Lucien Bruggeman
ABC News: No full intel briefings for Biden yet

Aaron Scherb, the director of legislative affairs at Common Cause, told ABC News on Monday that the "petty and unproductive" decision by GSA to withhold key resources to the Biden transition could have the "potential for catastrophic results."  "By GSA not signing off on this, there is certainly some classified intelligence information that the incoming administration would not have access to -- and would potentially not be fully prepared on day one to be able to counteract ongoing efforts from our adversaries like all previous incoming administrations have," Scherb said.    "If the Biden transition team doesn't have access to some of the documents and information," he continued, "there are national security concerns."

The Biden transition team will not receive full intelligence briefings until the General Services Administration officially “ascertains” the former vice president to be winner of the presidential election, according to a statement from the Office of Director of National Intelligence on Monday. …

Aaron Scherb, the director of legislative affairs at Common Cause, told ABC News on Monday that the “petty and unproductive” decision by GSA to withhold key resources to the Biden transition could have the “potential for catastrophic results.”

“By GSA not signing off on this, there is certainly some classified intelligence information that the incoming administration would not have access to — and would potentially not be fully prepared on day one to be able to counteract ongoing efforts from our adversaries like all previous incoming administrations have,” Scherb said.

“If the Biden transition team doesn’t have access to some of the documents and information,” he continued, “there are national security concerns.”

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