An important point to note. Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn just resigned amidst a counter-intelligence investigation into, among other things, his communications with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. But only three or four hours before Flynn resigned, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence), Devin Nunes, said there was no problem and it was just the President’s enemies (“the swamp” in his words) making trouble. “It just seems like there’s a lot of nothing here,” Nunes told Bloomberg’s Steven Dennis.
“The patio was lit only with candles and moonlight, so aides used the camera lights on their phones to help the stone-faced Trump and Abe read through the documents,” Liptak writes. In DeAgazio’s first photo, you can see a phone flashlight being used in that way.
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Why is this important? Mobile phones have flashlights, yes — and cameras, microphones and Internet connectivity. When Edward Snowden was meeting with reporters in Hong Kong at the moment he was leaking the material he’d stolen from the NSA, he famously asked that they place their phones in the refrigerator — blocking any radio signals in the event that the visitors’ phones had been hacked. This was considered the most secure way of ensuring that the phones couldn’t be used as wiretaps, even more secure than removing the battery. Phones — especially phones with their flashes turned on for improved visibility — are portable television satellite trucks and, if compromised, can be used to get a great deal of information about what’s happening nearby, unless precautions are taken.
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.Â
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)
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.Â
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.Â
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.
For me, this is about the profound hypocrisy of the so-called conservatives who never want to spend any tax money to actually help make our country and the people who live in it a little better, never want to actually invest money in education, infrastructure, public health, or any of the things that will have enormous benefits for all Americans, but don’t say a single thing about this totally unnecessary waste of money.
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