Trump less informed than its predecessors by secret services

President-elect Donald Trump were informed by the secret services once a week on average, according to a US official with knowledge of the matter, making it the president with less information compared to its predecessor.

Although they are not legally binding, the presidents elected in the past have generally welcomed the opportunity to get "daily summary to the president" (PDB), containing documents considered or classified as close to the government.

It is not yet clear, though Trump decided not to get secret information is often allocated for President Barack Obama, or if any changes are made in the preparatory phase of his presidential.

A team official said Thursday transistor Trump were briefed on national security issues, including routine Documents "PDB" or other special information, but refused to specify their content or frequency, saying that these issues are confidential.

Trump, according to one of its officials, has asked for at least a week notice, or preferably more, of the intelligence agencies on specific subjects. But the source declined to identify the subjects for which it is interested elected president, as he said that so far between these issues are not included Russia or Iran.

Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, the envy is the vice president-elect of the US, gets information "PDB" dedicated to him at least 6 days a week, he added further source with knowledge of the matter.

Former informant of the Central Intelligence Agency, David PRIESS, also author of a book about "PDB" seizures, said that traditionally, and Pence Trumpi predecessors have requested information "daily or almost daily" in the time between the election of and making their official duties.

According to him, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan had not begun to take their posts by the end of November, while the postponement of the election results in 2000 that George W. Bush did not receive such information until December.

These reports, however, are not binding. PRIESS said that, after the election of its first, Richard Nixon refused debriefing head on, on and began custom service of the "PDB" in his office, and some of them were returned after the CIA unopened.