Changes

Traditionally only a few people could traditionally access the full PDB.  However, under [[President Obama]] the President’s Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration.  Regarding the Obama PDB:

Traditionally only a few people could traditionally access the full PDB.  However, under [[President Obama]] the President’s Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration.  Regarding the Obama PDB:

{{Quotebox|"But while through most of its history the document has been marked “For the President’s Eyes Only,” the PDB has never gone to the president alone. The most restricted dissemination was in the early 1970s, when the book went only to President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Henry Kissinger]], who was dual-hatted as [[national security adviser]] and secretary of state.

{{Quotebox|"But while through most of its history the document has been marked “For the President’s Eyes Only,” the PDB has never gone to the president alone. The most restricted dissemination was in the early 1970s, when the book went only to President [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Henry Kissinger]], who was dual-hatted as [[national security adviser]] and secretary of state.

In other administrations, the circle of readers has also included the vice president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with additional [[White House]]  

 

staffers.<ref>

In other administrations, the circle of readers has also included the vice president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with additional [[White House]] staffers."<ref>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-presidents-daily-brief/2016/12/29/eeb4bbec-c862-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html?utm_term=.7590754fb293</ref>}} CIA director [[John Brennan]] routinely  funneled [[Christopher Steele]]'s "Company reports" into the PBD for disseminationon throughout the government. Although Farkas left the government in 2015, she retained her security clearance.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-state-department-provided-classified-records-sen-ben-cardin-undermine-president-trump/</ref> By her own admission she continued to receive classified information on [[Donald Trump]] throughout 2016 and into 2017.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-presidents-daily-brief/2016/12/29/eeb4bbec-c862-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html?utm_term=.7590754fb293</ref>}} CIA director [[John Brennan]] routinely  funneled [[Christopher Steele]]'s "Company reports" into the PBD for disseminationon throughout the government. Although Farkas left the government in 2015, she retained her security clearance.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-state-department-provided-classified-records-sen-ben-cardin-undermine-president-trump/</ref> By her own admission she continued to receive classified information on [[Donald Trump]] throughout 2016 and into 2017.