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Home Front: Politix
Slam! DNI Ric Grenell Announces the FBI Will No Longer be Giving Intelligence-Based Threat Briefings to Candidates
2020-05-16
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell (man of action) on Friday announced major changes to election security briefings.
[DNI.gov] WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the ODNI announced that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) will lead all intelligence-based threat briefings to candidates, campaigns, and political organizations under the U.S. Government's notification framework. Bill Evanina, the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, will serve as the IC's leader to this critical effort.

"US elections are the foundation of our nation's democracy. We are committed to supporting this Administration's whole-of-government effort to secure the 2020 election," said Evanina.
Considering how the fbi/doj did far more interference in the 2016 Presidential and for 3 years after than Russia could ever have hoped to do, Prissy Wray's traitors - FBI were frozen out.
A palpable point. Also, in future it will be much easier to track anyone trying to deal from the bottom of the deck.
Posted by:Woodrow

#3  What else if not Intelligence?
Why social media rumoring.

Did you know, "...social distancing has nothing to do with disease prevention. Six feet of separation is all about fine tuning facial recognition algorithms!"
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-16 13:31  

#2  Can it be that POTUS has lost confidence in Christopher A. Wray's ability to reform and clean house in the F.B.I.?

Looking at the last administration, one should also be suspicious of the possibilities for corrupt placeholder DNIs such as were placed in the Obumble administration. "Eternal vigilance" are the watchwords.

Fortunately, Grenell was a good choice to do a hurry-up, first pass clean up of the intelligence community. Congressman John Ratcliffe, who will replace Grenell, will likely continue this clean-up and reform.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-05-16 08:24  

#1  Appears someone has extended Grenell some authority. Excellent move by the DNI, but watch for potential SSCI and HPSCI 'work arounds.' Also in need of 'deep dives' are the IC relationship to the media and bilateral intelligence sharing arrangements (beginning with, but not limited to Five Eyes).

No sense making it a Durham investigation from hell, lets just examine the past 5 years or so, shall we ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-16 01:26  

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