briefed

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High-level federal authorities likely knew about the CIA activities, although it was possible Sheinbaum herself hadn’t been briefed, said Brian Naranjo, a former senior U.S. diplomat who served in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

According to the indictment, Van Dyke was first briefed on the U.S. plan on Dec. 8.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

One person briefed on a working draft summed it up as “Sunnis. Shiites. Cartels.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

President Trump told reporters last week that he had been briefed on the missing and dead scientists, which he described as “pretty serious stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

He had briefed the staff in the laboratory on Leesburg Pike—which had been handling monkey blood and tissue samples— about the need to handle these specimens as if they were infected with the aids virus.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston