A New 'Primary Customer': The US Fascination with Presidential Security Briefings

Published December 10th, 2020 - 07:05 GMT
President Barack Obama hosts a meeting of his National Security Council in 2016 /AFP
President Barack Obama hosts a meeting of his National Security Council in 2016 /AFP
The US president’s daily briefing represents the most intimate link between the White House and the intelligence community. Usually delivered each morning, the brief is seen by a handful of officials besides the president.    The President’s Daily Brief (PBD) is typically a document of less than 10 pages and ostensibly provides the president with the most important information they will need to keep track of US foreign interests. The president is known as the “primary c

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