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The ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported that by 2013, Obama’s ''Presidential Daily Briefing'' (PDB) was making its way to more than 30 recipients, including deputy secretaries of [[national security]] departments. Farkas was one such recipient.

The ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported that by 2013, Obama’s ''Presidential Daily Briefing'' (PDB) was making its way to more than 30 recipients, including deputy secretaries of [[national security]] departments. Farkas was one such recipient.

Traditionally only a few people could access the full PDB. Under Obama however the President’s Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration. The ''Washington Post'' said:

Traditionally only a few people could access the full PDB. Under Obama however the President’s Daily Brief went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration.<ref>While the practice was a laudable admission of Obama's weakness in foreign policy and national security and his need of expert advisement, on the other hand it led a bloated feeling of self-importance and arrogance among the inexperirnced cadre of [[progressive]] [[liberal]]s Obama gathered around him. Farkas, [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey, [[Samantha Power]] are few examples, but a full accounting is too long to list.</ref> ''Washington Post'' said:

{{Quotebox|"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|"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]] worked [[Christopher Steele]]'s "Company reports" into the PBD for disseminationon throughout the government.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/14/2_colleagues_contradict_brennan_on_use_of_dossier.html</ref> 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.

On March 2, 2017 Farkas, while interviewed on [[MSNBC]]'s ''Morning Joe'', a smoking gun went off: {{Quotebox|“I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can, before [[President Obama]] leaves the administration. Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior people who left. So, it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy, that the Trump folks, '''if they found out how we knew what we knew''' about their -- the staff, the Trump staff's dealing with [[Russia]]ns, that they would try to compromise those sources and methods... So I became very worried because not enough was coming out into the open and I knew that there was more."<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-ciandella/2017/03/30/former-obama-official-stumbles-while-trying-backtrack-after</ref>}}  

On March 2, 2017 Farkas, while interviewed on [[MSNBC]]'s ''Morning Joe'', a smoking gun went off: {{Quotebox|“I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can, before [[President Obama]] leaves the administration. Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior people who left. So, it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy, that the Trump folks, '''if they found out how we knew what we knew''' about their -- the staff, the Trump staff's dealing with [[Russia]]ns, that they would try to compromise those sources and methods... So I became very worried because not enough was coming out into the open and I knew that there was more."<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-ciandella/2017/03/30/former-obama-official-stumbles-while-trying-backtrack-after</ref>}}