Not known if due to recent cyber attacks and Hunter Biden foreign ties.
From Axios:
“Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.
Behind the scenes: A top Biden official was unaware of the directive. Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller’s action, or whether President Trump approved.
Why it matters: Miller’s move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.”
Pentagon Postpones One Day of Transition Meetings Until After Holidays
18 Dec 2020
The Pentagon is postponing one day of meetings with the Biden transition team until after the holidays, in order to focus on Operation Warp Speed and other priorities, according to senior defense officials.
Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller released a statement Friday morning noting the postponement was “mutually-agreed upon”:
Our key focus in the next two weeks is supporting essential requests for information on OWS and COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] information to guarantee a flawless transition. This is my major focus area.
After the mutually-agreed upon holiday pause, which begins tomorrow, we will continue with the transition and rescheduled meetings from today.
Pentagon Abruptly Halts Biden Transition Briefings, Leaving Officials Stunned
Published: December 18, 2020
Axios Jonathan Swan reports a bombshell potential major disruption in a key part of the presidential transition before President-Elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20: the Pentagon has
without warning or explanation halted Biden s intelligence transition briefings.
Reports Swan: Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.
Biden s team has so far maintained that it s unaware of the directive while Pentagon officials are said to be stunned and in the dark: Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause, the breaking
Biden team says it has some defense dept officials not cooperating in transition kfgo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kfgo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Image from: Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller
In another petty and dangerous move against The United States of America, the Trump administration cut off President-elect Joe Biden s Pentagon briefings with no explanation. Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.
As usual, the Biden transition team had no idea this was happening. Trump has basically abdicated his duty as the outgoing president except for rage-tweeting about the election he lost.
The U.S. just suffered a massive cybersecurity attack by Russia that apparently reached into our nuclear facilities.