Saturday SCOOP: The man overseeing President Joe Biden's daily intelligence briefing previously advocated for the CIA’s false claims about its torture program to a powerful Senate committee.
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Veteran CIA intel analyst Morgan Muir was one of Biden's briefers delivering the PDB. When we contacted ODNI about his role in defending CIA torture program the agency said he would not be at WH on a daily basis briefing Biden
Yesterday, ODNI said he wouldnt be at WH at all
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Yesterday, ODNI said he wouldnt be at WH at all
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The revelations about Muir's role leading a CIA team to defend the agency's response to the Senate Intel Committee's torture report has not been revealed before.
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.@DanielJJonesUS lead those meetings in 2013 on behalf of the Senate Intel Committee. He told @BuzzFeedNews Muir continued to defend the value of the torture program and the CIA's intel, citing information that the CIA would later publicly admit was inaccurate.
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“We would say, ‘Here’s a piece of paper. It is red. We can all see that it is red,’” Jones said. “And they would say, ‘No, it’s blue.’ ”
Muir "continued to double down on the false assertions,” Jones said.
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Muir "continued to double down on the false assertions,” Jones said.
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Muir did not respond to inquiries from BuzzFeed News. CIA spokesperson Timothy Barrett called Jones’ characterizations “baseless” and Muir “an exemplary career intelligence officer whose strength of character is unquestionable.”
.@RonWyden did not respond directly to questions about Muir. But in a statement to BuzzFeed News, he said, “The American people deserve transparency about the backgrounds of high-level intelligence officials who, besides directly briefing the President, work for the public.”
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Muir had already provided PDB to Biden
On Fri, ODNI ruled out presidential briefings altogether for Muir. “He is not the President’s briefer as that term is generally understood, and there are no plans for him to be in the oval"
ODNI didnt explain a reason for the change
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On Fri, ODNI ruled out presidential briefings altogether for Muir. “He is not the President’s briefer as that term is generally understood, and there are no plans for him to be in the oval"
ODNI didnt explain a reason for the change
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Muir has a new role: He is in be in charge of mission integration, which means he will be responsible for coordinating intelligence collection and analysis across multiple agencies. That includes overseeing the contents of the President’s Daily Brief.
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Former Sen. Mark Udall, who was an outspoken member of the Intel Committee expressed caution. He said Biden "should have serious concerns about entrusting his Presidential Daily Briefing to anyone who may have helped cover up this dark chapter in our nation's history."
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ADDENDUM: The meetings between Muir & CIA analysts & Jones & other Senate Intel Committee staffers took place in the SCIF. Those meetings where Muir defended the CIA's torture intel despite being shown evidence they were wrong were recorded and stored in the committee's vault
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