Trump Begins Receiving Intelligence Briefings

President-elect Donald Trump has begun receiving intelligence briefings from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials told The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity.

When asked by The Associated Press, intelligence officials wouldn’t say if Trump has already received an intelligence briefing, but ODNI released a statement saying it is following a standard procedure for new presidents that dates to Dwight Eisenhower’s election.

“ODNI is acting consistent with the tradition, in place since 1952, of providing intelligence briefings to the president-elect,” the office wrote.

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