No, Clinton and Trump Do Not Receive the Same Daily Intel Briefing Obama Receives

Government Executive: Calling this election year “sportier than we’re used to,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Wednesday sketched out the intelligence community’s obligations in briefing the major presidential candidates on national security threats in the modern era.

“I know a lot of people have been feeling uncertainty about what will happen with this presidential transition,” Clapper told 1,000 industry and government professionals at a summit put on by the nonprofit Intelligence and National Security Alliance. “There’s been a lot of catastrophizing, if I can use that term, in the 24-hour news cycle, and of course, on social media. So I'm here with a message. It'll be OK.”

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