BRKG Pentagon Halts Biden Transition Briefings

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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.

Behind the scenes: A top Biden official was unaware of the directive. Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved.

Why it matters: Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.

What happened: Meetings between President Trump's team and the Biden team are going on throughout the government, after a delayed start as the administration dragged its feet on officially recognizing Biden as president-elect.

  • Then on Thursday night, Miller — who was appointed Nov. 9, when Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper right after the election — ordered officials throughout the building to cancel scheduled transition meetings.
Pentagon official response: A senior Defense Department official sought to downplay the move, calling it "a simple delay of the last few scheduled meetings until after the new year."

  • "We had fewer than two dozen remaining meetings on the schedule today and next week," the official said, adding that "the DoD staff working the meetings were overwhelmed by the number of meetings."
  • "These same senior leaders needed to do their day jobs and were being consumed by transition activities. ... With the holidays we are taking a knee for two weeks. We are still committed to a productive transition."

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Groucho

Groucho

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Hmmmm....... possibly the first president to have his security clearance pulled? How does that work?

Or, maybe he's not going to be president?

But then Knees Harris probably couldn't get a security clearance either. We know she can't keep her mouth (among other things) closed.
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

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Big fricking run the flag up the pole DOT! THIS is huge and not to be understated. Biden (supposedly) is due to become President in just over a month from now and if his briefings are being halted it’s not only a shot across the bow to Biden but us. Also a big clue where the loyalty of the acting SecDef lies.
 
Infoscout

Infoscout

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I bet with the current cyber attack as well as Christmas holiday, it probably made sense, and pre-empts the back and forth of schedule changes due to the holidays as well.
 
D

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A definite eyebrow raiser. Not what I expected to see just yet but not really a surprise - it is an inevitability if anything serious is going to happen by way of the next presidential term.
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
I wouldn't swear that Biden ever met the thresh hold for transitioning into recieving these briefings...

and I recall last night DJT tweeting that he was sorry for the legal troubles that Hunter and the Biden family were encountering. Given his modi operendi, that's probably the clue right there eh?
 
Hambone

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Axios' Jonathan Swan reports a bombshell potential major disruption in a key part of the presidential transition before President-Elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20: the Pentagon has without warning or explanation halted Biden's intelligence transition briefings.
Reports Swan: "Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios."
Biden's team has so far maintained that it's unaware of the directive while Pentagon officials are said to be stunned and in the dark: "Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause," the breaking Axios report notes. "The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved."
Pentagon Abruptly Halts Biden Transition Briefings, Leaving Officials "Stunned" | ZeroHedge
 
Kris Gandillon

Kris Gandillon

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Hambone said:
Axios' Jonathan Swan reports a bombshell potential major disruption in a key part of the presidential transition before President-Elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20: the Pentagon has without warning or explanation halted Biden's intelligence transition briefings.
Reports Swan: "Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios."
Biden's team has so far maintained that it's unaware of the directive while Pentagon officials are said to be stunned and in the dark: "Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause," the breaking Axios report notes. "The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved."
Pentagon Abruptly Halts Biden Transition Briefings, Leaving Officials "Stunned" | ZeroHedge
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The explanation which is reasonable, was given as:
  • "We had fewer than two dozen remaining meetings on the schedule today and next week," the official said, adding that "the DoD staff working the meetings were overwhelmed by the number of meetings."
  • "These same senior leaders needed to do their day jobs and were being consumed by transition activities. ... With the holidays we are taking a knee for two weeks. We are still committed to a productive transition."
 
Meemur

Meemur

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I'm not in intelligence but even I know that Biden is a huge security risk given both his declining mental health and his potential Chinese connections. I'm so glad the briefings have been halted! I was hopeful that officials were only sharing open source trivia with the Biden transition team.
 
Squib

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Hfcomms said:
Big fricking run the flag up the pole DOT! THIS is huge and not to be understated. Biden (supposedly) is due to become President in just over a month from now and if his briefings are being halted it’s not only a shot across the bow to Biden but us. Also a big clue where the loyalty of the acting SecDef lies.
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I agree with what youre saying, but can you speculate on what you think is going on...specifically?

thanks!
 
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