Only verified intelligence? A look at presidents` briefings
(World News USA)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump was never briefed on intelligence that Russia had put a bounty on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan because there wasn`t corroborating evidence. But former intelligence officials say presidents are routinely informed about intelligence even when it`s not definitively confirmed. Intelligence that may be on shaky ground today may foreshadow tomorrow`s calamity. Some questions and answers about how presidents are briefed on intelligence, what sort of information they receive and how this applies to the situation with Russia: HOW DO PRESIDENTS RECEIVE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION? Both orally and through a written document known as the...