jędrek: Taking the Oval Office is not an on-off switch, you do not get a massive data dump into your brain the moment you become President. Your people need to find out what's going on and bring it to you.

Not delighted by the "continued into Biden's presidency" framing when the actual thing the Biden administration did, according to the article, was ordered it shut down immediately after finding out that it was happening

Reuters: The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

Taking the Oval Office is not an on-off switch, you do not get a massive data dump into your brain the moment you become President. Your people need to find out what's going on and bring it to you.

The Trump admin also ran an anti-vax propaganda campaign in the US, just not through DOD.

I agree; the article states the program ended early in Biden’s Presidency. It seems like the program was discontinued soon after Biden’s team learned about it.

Barack Obama wasn't allowed into my SCIF when he was president-elect on the grounds that he didn't yet hold a clearance. He received a classified brief of all pertinent information following his inauguration. So yes, you do get a massive data dump when you're sworn in.

And the transition was not normal in 2021, it was obstructed by outgoing officials

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