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Should President Biden Deny Donald Trump Access to Classified Material Beginning on January 20, 2021?

A sitting president doesn't have a security clearance per se. It's automatic.

But once leaving office, he/she doesn't really have one.

However, access to classified information can be granted to former presidents and former vice presidents.

[u]U.S. Code[/u]:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/2.2
BlueVeins · 22-25
I mean yeah, he's tried to subvert the political process before lmao.
KristinaM · 36-40, F
He shouldn’t have access to classified information. He doesn’t have our country’s best interest at heart. He can’t be trusted.
Pfuzylogic · M
I think he should be given a sucker for being a good boy and that is it.
AmericanaChick · 22-25, F
Definitely not. But I don't think they ever let him know everything, anyway. He's too stupid to be trusted.
adorbz · 26-30, F
hahaha good prediction 😆
If there’s any justice whoever the next president is the dirty creature Trump will be where he belongs locked up in the pen soon after the inauguration.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@beckyromero Justice at last 😂
eli1601 · 70-79, M
@Helpinghands If there was any justice....

abe182 · 46-50, M
Biden? Seriously....
Pfuzylogic · M
@KristinaM
I made Chief and living off the pension now with medical benefits. Sacrificed my youth but learned so much technical knowledge.
KristinaM · 36-40, F
@Pfuzylogic It’s a huge sacrifice. You deserve to get something out of it. Nobody can take knowledge away from you.
Pfuzylogic · M
@KristinaM
Earned my undergrad at Navy Campus and later a grad in technical education after I got out. It means a lot when some person like yourself appreciates what we do.
HerKing · 61-69, M
On this point I'd say it would be irrelevant. He doesn't read security reports anyway and the spooks long ago decided only to verbally inform him of things that wouldn't incur his displeasure; Because being POTUS means you only get good news right?

He's the modern Saladin who slayed the runner who told him the Christians are coming with "I know this man lies!"

The Christians came anyway.

Denying/allowing Trump access to what is an honory and traditional privilege would make very little difference. Unless it had his name in the sentence he wouldn't have the attention span to read it anyway.
redredred · M
Why does anybody not on-the-job need to keep a security clearance? What is do special about these retired government employees that they get to keep a security clearance?

BTW, There will never be a President Biden. You'll see Hulk Hogan in a pinafore first.
@redredred Could it not be that these "former" agents never actually retire???

Given that they deal with a hell of a lot of sensitive information, it would be reasonable to expect that they would be bound by gagging orders that prevent them from revealing information of a sensitive nature, so, when it comes to appointing the next successor, they may have to start all over again with building trust and everything else - so it might make sense to have the guy that you already know and trust do the job than some newbie who hasn't established that relationship with the client yet.
redredred · M
There's a huge difference between an NDA and a security clearance. The first is a gag order about information learned on the job. The second would give the former employee access to new information. I can see no credible reason for the second.@HootyTheNightOwl
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@redredred [quote]BTW, There will never be a President Biden. You'll see Hulk Hogan in a pinafore first.[/quote]

Have you called Hulk Hogan's agent yet?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I wonder if the 'Security clearance' is the equivalent of the GB's "Official secrets act".
I.E, once you're made aware of it you are permenantly bound by it ?
Just wondered if it's another case of American mis-terminology.?
fairgame123 · 61-69, C
Biden is to fucking stupid. If you have a roommate a he moves out do you let him have a key to your house and your cars ?
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@fairgame123 [quote]If you have a roommate a he moves out do you let him have a key to your house and your cars ?[/quote]

My two roommates have been my best friends almost all my life, one since first grade and the other since fourth.

I'd absolutely trust them with keys to my house and car.
hunkalove · 61-69, M
Biden is way too old and Trump will be gone, and hopefully dead, long before then.
eli1601 · 70-79, M
Keep dreaming 😂
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@eli1601 [quote]Keep dreaming[/quote]

Ah, yes. Because some dreams come true.

With apologies to Robert Kennedy,

"Some men dream of things and ask "Why?" Some women dream of things and ask, "Why not?"

[quote]Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that President Donald Trump should be cut off from intelligence briefings after his presidency ends.

“There’s a grave danger of him inadvertently or willfully revealing classified information that would compromise sources and methods,” King told CNN. “And there is no upside. There is no reason that he needs to have this information.”

“It’s a courtesy that’s been passed on from president to president, but there is no legal requirement,” he continued. “And I think given his past history of being fast and loose with intelligence data, it ought to be ― that ought to be an easy decision for the incoming president.”[/quote]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-king-trump-intelligence-briefings_n_60043ffbc5b6df63a9178300
eli1601 · 70-79, M
@beckyromero A dream for you. A nightmare for the country. 😉
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@eli1601

We will do just fine. 🙂

 
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