Briefing Quote by Harry Reid

[Donald Trump] said that he has intelligence briefings. He's heard stuff that body language. It's very wild to me.

— Eric Bolling

The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White House flack…

— Elliott Abrams

George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is…

— Rush Limbaugh

Nobody here is questioning the victory. I want to know President-elect [Donald] Trump doesn't believe the conclusions of 17 intelligence agencies.

— George Stephanopoulos

[Donald Trump] has also promised an intelligence surge [in Syria]. Mike Flynn knows a lot about that. Tactically, Mike Flynn has been fantastic with…

— Martha Raddatz

The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well…

— Bill Maher

The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know? some of these jokes just write themselves.

— David Letterman

Trump doesn't understand the counterintelligence process. Take, for example, Carter Page. He's been appearing on television and acting as though the U.S. intelligence community…

— Malcolm Wrightson Nance

For a President not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of intelligence agencies from defense intelligence, to…

— Joe Biden

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and…

— John O. Brennan

On the question of information security, he claims that, in a Trump Administration, the U.S. government will not spy on its own citizens. If…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

We have President-elect [Donald] Trump out there calling the CIA assessment that Russia was trying to help elect him ridiculous. He also questions -…

— George Stephanopoulos