Report Update: Presidential Daily Briefings: A Time-Based Analysis
The Government Accountability Institute has updated their original time-based analysis of the Presidential Daily Briefings process. To Download the Full Report Update, Click Here.
Obama has skipped more than HALF of his daily intel briefings – as spies hit back after he blamed them for underestimating ISIS
“President Barack Obama has skipped his in-person daily intelligence briefing on four out of every seven days of his presidency, according to a shocking report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Institute, previously best-known for needling members of Congress over insider-trading deals that lax laws have rendered legal, used the official White House calendar to compile…
It’s Hard to Keep Up With ISIS When the President Plays Hooky From Intelligence Briefings
“Either the president doesn’t read the intelligence he’s getting or he’s bullshitting,” a former Pentagon official said of President Obama after the gormless chief executive tried to pass the buck to the intelligence community for underestimating ISIS. But the president likely isn’t full of shit—he’s playing hooky from his intelligence briefings. According to the latest report from the conservative…
Liar in Chief Found Derelict
“The most important power granted the President by the Constitution is the role of Commander in Chief. The President is primarily responsible for national security. He commands the armed forces. He is chief executive in charge of the departments of State and Defense. He is chief executive in charge of law enforcement and intelligence and security…
REPORT: President Barack Obama Spends More Time Golfing Than In Intelligence Briefings
President Barack Obama has spent more time golfing than he has spent listening to daily intelligence briefings. The Daily Caller has calculated that he’s spent almost 700 hours in 875 “Presidential Daily Briefings” since 2009. But he’s also spent roughly 800 hours on almost 200 golf trips since his first inauguration…. The daily briefing calculations…
State Department Responds to GAI Report on Fox and Friends
GAI report showing President Obama has attended fewer than half of his Presidential Daily Briefings referenced in interview with State Department Spokesperson.
GAI PDB Report Discussed On ‘Outnumbered’
Government Accountability Institute’s Report on the Presidential Daily Briefings was referred to in discussion on the Fox News show ‘Outnumbered.’
Rush Limbaugh Discusses GAI report
On Rush Limbaugh’s September 30th program, he addresses GAI’s report and the report findings that conclude President Obama attends less than half of his Presidential Daily Intelligence Briefings. Limbaugh concludes the findings are “not comforting.” To Read the Full Transcript, Click Here.
Good News: Obama Skips the Majority of His Intelligence Briefings
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Institute, President Obama skips 60 percent of his intelligence briefings… This information comes shortly after Obama blamed the intelligence community for underestimating ISIS during an interview on 60 Minutes. That assertion prompted a visceral reaction from people inside the intelligence community, who have been warning the President about…
USA Today on STOCK Act: “Congress backpedals on ethics”
“… The latest example is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which explicitly bars lawmakers and staffers from spreading or trading on inside information. The law passed in 2012 only after CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a scathing report, based on a book by Peter Schweizer, exposing the way members of Congress profit from their…