There are unannounced meetings with the lawmakers that hold the keys to. And, sometimes, the briefer would come with “walk-on material,” either new information that had come since the PDB had been prepared, or something to illustrate a part of the briefing in more detail that wasn’t already in the written product. President Joe Biden’s schedule is making it clear: The White House is ready to seal a deal on his legislative agenda.
Sometimes, the briefer would bring an analyst or an expert along to do a deeper dive into a specific policy area or issue. That initial part of the briefing, about 15 to 20 minutes, would involve asking the intelligence briefer follow questions and for more details. Biden's schedule has started with daily presidential. Biden would read the intelligence summary in the morning and make notes for follow-ups, according to officials, and then meet in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama for the in-person briefing. It's purpose: Portray Biden as a problem-solving president focused on a convergence of crises, uninterested in not much else. Later, the PDB was digitized and appeared on an iPad he kept with him.
His newly confirmed director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, attended his first briefing as president Thursday, according to a spokesperson.Īs vice president during the Obama administration, Biden received a paper version of the PDB that was delivered to the vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory in the very early morning hours. His vice president was not routinely part of his in-person intelligence briefings, and in the final weeks of his presidency Trump didn’t have a single one listed on his public schedule.īiden consumes intelligence in a more fulsome and traditional way, according to officials.
Trump didn’t regularly read the materials and had intelligence officials whittle down written briefings, sometimes to a single page and preferably with bullet points.
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