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Would you do this if you were briefing president trump based on everything you have just learned from that "the washington post" article? >> well, there was an interesting detail in that article, lawrence. when they have pieces of information, primarily about russia that they think may trigger this president, they include that in the written material. they don't include it in the oral briefing and what that says to me is that they don't think this president is actually reading those written pdbs, those written presidential daily briefs. they don't raise it in the oral session because they know...

The impact of the information? isn't the point of it for all of the information in it to have the correct impact that it should have on a president? >> well, that's right, lawrence. look. i wrote pdbs for president george w. bush and president obama. i briefed pdbs in the obama administration and i was briefed on pdbs in the latter half of the obama administration and what i can tell you is that chicken soup for the soul, the pdb is not. it is not an uplifting read. it is very rarely has good news. most of which you read in the pdb is bad news, devastating developments, it is dire analysis of ...

President's daily briefs, how would you do this if you were briefing president trump based on everything you have just learned from that "the washington post" article? >> well, there was an interesting detail in that article, lawrence. when they have pieces of information, primarily about russia that they think may trigger this president, they include that in the written material. they don't include it in the oral briefing and what that says to me is that they don't think this president is actually reading those written pdbs, those written presidential daily briefs. they don't raise it in the ...

Situation with the president, can you imagine having to soften the impact of the information? isn't the point of it for all of the information in it to have the correct impact that it should have on a president? >> well, that's right, lawrence. look. i wrote pdbs for president george w. bush and president obama. i briefed pdbs in the obama administration and i was briefed on pdbs in the latter half of the obama administration and what i can tell you is that chicken soup for the soul, the pdb is not. it is not an uplifting read. it is very rarely has good news. most of which you read in the pdb...