Donald Trump Dismisses Security Briefings

Molly Boigon is a former associate producer and reporter for Learning Curve, WGBH’s K-12 education desk. She has also worked for Boston Public Radio and WGBH’s higher education desk, On Campus. Her interests include jazz, yoga and public records requests. Before joining WGBH, she worked at SiriusXM, WZBC and WAAF. She has a degree in Applied Psychology and Human Development from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.

November 30, 2016

Updated December 01, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has passed on nearly every intelligence briefing offered to him by analysts since he was elected, according to a report by the Washington Post.

Trump has only attended two intelligence briefings, while intelligence analysts have been prepared to give him summaries of global events and security threats every day. Former CIA officials told the Post that forgoing intelligence briefings is not typical-- George W. Bush, for example, received daily briefings after the Florida election recount.

Juliette Kayyem, host of "The SCIF" podcast and founder of Kayyem Solutions, joined Boston Public Radio to talk about where Trump stands on national security.

She also pointed out that transitions between power are vulnerable spaces for national security, noting that both 9/11 and the Madrid train bombings in 2004 happened on or around election day.