Biden to face test over access to sensitive information as he inherits Trump's secret server

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President-elect Joe Biden and his team will soon have to decide whether to share transcripts of presidential calls with foreign leaders to a broad, security clearance-holding audience, or maintain a lockdown on official transcripts of the calls and other highly sensitive information imposed by the Trump administration over concerns they might be leaked.

A person close to the Biden transition team told CNN that no decisions have been made about how these sensitive materials will be handled when the President-elect takes office on January 20, and that it's likely they will maintain the Trump administration's close hold on such information, at least at first, until they are settled in and Jake Sullivan, Biden's pick for national security adviser, can assess their information security needs.

A senior US official said that the Biden team will be given access to a secret server containing sensitive information related to President Donald Trump's more controversial conversations with foreign leaders on a need-to-know basis and the Trump administration is prepared to share any information that they deem to be relevant to their future decision-making process.

While Biden's team will likely aim to be more transparent, much has changed since many of his senior appointees were in government and the politically charged atmosphere in Washington on the heels of the election has some officials urging caution in the early months, to prevent leaks and assess the needs and boundaries of sharing sensitive information.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-to-face-test-over-access-to-sensitive-information-as-he-inherits-trumps-secret-server/ar-BB1boaPT?li=BBnb7Kz

Let's hope "Donny Shit for Brains" didn't give backdoor access to Putin.

[CincyDem]

1. He will if he wants his team making decisions with best info...

What has been said in those limited access calls is an important part of our current foreign policy. As the new team engages, its nuts to think we’re ok with the other foreign leaders knowing more about the conversations that our own security and state folks.

[moonscape]

2. "... that they deem to be relevant" ...

Would 'they' be 45 or 46? Am guessing 45 ...

[fierywoman]

3. Send in the hackers - for - Biden!

[Nexus2]

4. Thank you for posting this

I was thinking about this issue earlier.

[Nexus2]

5. I wonder if during all the delay if any files came up missing...

Totally be accident of course.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Hey, what are they doing?

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There are backups right?




That's a good one!

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[Best_man23]

7. Yes they're are backups

If I was Biden, I would order that server be forensically examined on Jan 21st. I would want to know what was on there, and does the information stored belongs on that server.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. If they're SSD drives, they're easily wiped. If standard HDDs a DoD+7 wipe will clean them.

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Done right, the drives can be imaged and booted off the clean image, the old drives destroyed or put on a stand-alone disk wiping station and clean them beyond any recovery method.

Backups are easily managed.

These data archival procedures are only viable when we have people with integrity.

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[AmericanCanuck]

8. An "anonymous source" can always leak it

[GulfCoast66]

9. As president Biden can declassify and release whatever he deems necessary.

Trump was probably too stupid and self absorbed to think that all his calls with Putin were overheard. And recorded.