{"id":286931,"date":"2016-12-23T12:52:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/danger-from-trumps-distrust-of-cia\/"},"modified":"2016-12-23T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T11:52:59","slug":"danger-from-trumps-distrust-of-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/danger-from-trumps-distrust-of-cia\/","title":{"rendered":"Danger from Trump\u2019s Distrust of CIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President-elect Trump\u2019s distrust of the U.S. intelligence community \u2013 made worse by unproven CIA claims that Russia secretly tried to aid his election \u2013 could limit the value of daily intel briefings, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.<\/p>\n<p>By Paul R. Pillar<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to be told\u2014you know, I\u2019m, like, a smart person. I don\u2019t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how President-elect Trump explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/12\/12\/donald-trump-doesnt-need-a-daily-intelligence-briefing-according-to-donald-trump\/?utm_term=.4c12bdceac99\">an interview<\/a> with Chris Wallace of Fox News his intention not to receive daily intelligence briefings as president.\u00a0He evidently has a major misconception about the content of such briefings. Obviously it would be a waste of the president\u2019s, and everyone else\u2019s, time if the briefings consisted of the same thing in the same words every single day.\u00a0But they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21817\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-300x204.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21817\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-160x109.jpg 160w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21817\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2-160x109.jpg 160w, https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/about_body_img_2.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo credit: donaldjtrump.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump has largely declined the opportunities for intelligence briefings that most every other president-elect has taken advantage of, so the \u201csame thing, same words\u201d misconception evidently is a preconceived notion that he somehow arrived at, rather than anything based on experience.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Trump\u2019s explanation is that he delegates to subordinates the role of receiving briefings.\u00a0He told Wallace that \u201cmy generals\u201d \u2014 an interesting formulation \u2014 are receiving briefings, as is Mike Pence.\u00a0Perhaps the flow of not just information but decision-making in the Trump White House will lead the intelligence agencies to conclude that Prime Minister Pence is the customer most worth meeting with anyway.\u00a0But the most important bucks will still have to stop at the president\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>Although keeping the president up-to-date on current developments is certainly a central aspect of intelligence briefings to the president, it is by no means the only important function they serve.\u00a0Another one concerns what they communicate to the intelligence agencies about the president\u2019s concerns, objectives, questions, and knowledge gaps.\u00a0What the agencies learn from those interactions constitutes valuable guidance in keeping their work relevant to the needs&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2016\/12\/22\/danger-from-trumps-distrust-of-cia\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Trump\u2019s distrust of the U.S. intelligence community \u2013 made worse by unproven CIA claims that Russia secretly tried to aid his election \u2013 could limit the value of daily intel briefings, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar \u201cI don\u2019t have to be told\u2014you know, I\u2019m, like, a smart person. 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