WHAT THEY SAY TO THE MEDIA…
At the Obama White House… …fears among some that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed — or its sources exposed — once power changed hands. What followed was a push to preserve the intelligence that underscored the deep anxiety with which the White House and American intelligence agencies had come to view the threat from Moscow.
WHAT THEY REALLY MEANT… At the Obama White House… they were backing up/shredding all evidence Obama needed to be covered up and destroyed – or Obama’s sources exposed – once Trump took over. What followed was a push to hide the evidence of what Obama’s agencies had become and the threat from Obama when Trump became President.