Hillary Clinton is slated to receive her first classified national security briefing as a presidential nominee this Saturday.
The briefing will be held at the FBI’s White Plains, New York office by career members from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She cannot bring any advisers to the meeting, according to ABC News.
The news, first reported by NPR, comes after Donald Trump had his first security briefing earlier this month at the FBI bureau in New York City. He reportedly had New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired Army Lt. Michael Flynn in tow.
As was the case with Trump’s briefing, the topics covered in Clinton’s meeting are expected to include emerging threats both at home and abroad.
I am confused. Trump is allowed to have Gov Christie (someone who is the focus of investigations into his behavior as Governor) in his briefing, but the former Secretary of State (who no doubt had access to highly classified material for years) cannot bring an aide with her to her briefing? The only conclusion to draw is that Trump got the kiddie version and Clinton will get the high level version…
Clinton will understand what is being presented. HO needed interpreters.
Exactly. Her briefing won’t be dumbed down.
I think there’s a confusion in the way the word “may” is being used. From elsewhere in the source article:
So maybe it’s that she doesn’t need babysitting.
Or they plan on giving her real classified info and they left out a bunch during his briefing because he’s a fucking clown and can’t be trusted with it.