Biden team receives defense intel briefings after uproar over alleged denials

Published December 9, 2020 10:59pm ET



Following uproar that President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team was denied defense intelligence briefings, the Pentagon said Wednesday that nearly 100 officials and four intelligence agencies have already met with the transition team.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency all met with Biden officials on Monday and Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.

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