No sleep until January 20

Joe Biden will take the oath of office on January 20, 2021. Almost certainly. Hopefully. Maybe.

If you’re a child of the Cold War like me, you might remember pulp novels and low-budget movies about the Soviet Union successfully installing one of its own assets in the White House.

It is 2020, and we are seriously wondering if the outgoing inhabitant of the White House is going to spill his country’s secrets on the way out:

As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. As an ex-president, there's every reason to worry he will do the same, thus posing a unique national security dilemma for the Biden administration, current and former officials and analysts said.

All presidents exit the office with valuable national secrets in their heads, including the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, intelligence-gathering capabilities - including assets deep inside foreign governments - and the develo…