Trump dealt with a national security crisis in front of diners and servers at a restaurant
- North Korea carried out a ballistic missile test Saturday night, launching the weapon in Japan’s general direction while Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
- The launch is being described as a “show of force” by North Korea, according to NBC News.
- The missile test occurred as Trump and Abe dined in the members’ dining area at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort.
- Rather than retreat to a secure and private location to discuss these sensitive national security issues, Trump, Abe, Steve Bannon and Mike Flynn tended to the crisis right there in the public dining area, where people not permitted to hear classified information could have overheard the conversations, according to CNN. Read more (2/13/17 8:56 AM)
Update: More details emerge from public security crisis at Mar-a-lago
- According to CNN, nearby diners were able to tell the news network — in detail — Trump’s plans for response.
- Diners were able to snap photos of the president as he discussed classified information.
- Richard DeAgazio, who the Washington Post reported is a retired investor was dining at the private resort where he took multiple photos of the president, Trump’s entourage and the Japanese prime minster.
- He also took and posted photos with the Secret Service agent assigned to carry the president’s nuclear codes (now deleted) and another with Steve Bannon.
- In one particularly stunning photo DeAgazio posted, aides lit up documents for the president and the Japanese prime minister to read with their camera phones. Read more (2/13/17 3:22 PM)
I’ll just count to FOREVER while I wait for Jason Chaffetz to exercise any fucking oversight at all on this bunch of lunatics.