Podesta email about Intelligence Reform Act & election transition.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/7274
How does the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 affect Transition?
Short Answer
The Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 encourages rapid placement of national security personnel in both Transition and the new Administration and requires immediate transfer of information from current Executive Branch officials to the President-Elect.
The Act:
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Allows each major party candidate, before the election, to request security clearances for prospective transition team members who would need access to classified information to carry out transition responsibilities; and requires the investigating agency to process the requests, to the fullest extent practicable, by the day after the election.
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Encourages the President-Elect to request security clearances for high level national security candidates as soon as possible after the election; and requires the investigating agency to process the requests as soon as possible before the inauguration.
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Encourages the President-Elect to submit high level national security nominees to the Senate before inauguration; and encourages the Senate to confirm or reject the nominees within 30 days.
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Requires executive officials to prepare a detailed written summary of current national security issues and deliver it to the President-Elect as soon as possible after the election.
I wonder if Trump was afforded the same same durning his transition.