Trump Gives Biden Access to Daily Intelligence Briefings
- Biden says he will get top-secret report on a ‘regular basis’
- Intelligence transition begins after three-week delay
Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 24.
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President-elect Joe Biden will begin to get the nation’s most classified intelligence after the White House signed off Tuesday on providing him the Presidential Daily Briefing as the transition moves forward after a three-week delay.
The incoming president getting access to the top-secret briefing is the most high-profile part of the transition and seen as key to the orderly transfer of presidential responsibilities to a new leader.