2020 ELECTION/BIDEN TRANSITION: “Trump has not accepted the election results and his administration has not yet authorized Biden and his team to start receiving government resources that range from the mundane — like office space and desks — to the highly sensitive — like top-secret intelligence briefings.
In the past, the government’s General Services Administration issued a routine authorization letter a day or so after an election. This paved the way for a presidential transition team to start preparing in advance for inauguration day on Jan. 20…
As president-elect, Biden should start getting the President’s Daily Briefing, or PDB, said David Priess, a former CIA officer…
Priess recalled the close 2000 election, when the outcome was in doubt for more than a month after the voting. In spite of that, President Clinton’s outgoing administration began intelligence briefings for George W. Bush before he was officially declared the winner.”
-Greg Myre, “Biden Should Be Getting Top-Level Intelligence Briefings, But He Isn’t,” npr.org, Nov. 10, 2020