- Wed May 10, 2017 11:33 pm
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Trump allowed a Russian photographer into an Oval Office meeting where U.S. photographers were shut out.
He allowed electronic equipment into the Oval office that could hide sophisticated bugging equipment.
Apparently, while Trump has been upset about Obama bugging his phones, he has no concern about Putin bugging the Oval Office.
"The White House played down the danger, saying that the photographer and his equipment were subjected to a security screening before he and it entered the White House grounds. The Russian “had to go through the same screening as a member of the U.S. press going through the main gate to the [White House] briefing room,” a senior administration official said.
Other former intelligence officials also described the access granted to the photographer as a potential security lapse, noting that standard screening for White House visitors would not necessarily detect a sophisticated espionage device.
The administration official also said the White House had been misled about the role of the Russian photographer. Russian officials had described the individual as Lavrov’s official photographer without disclosing that he also worked for Tass.
“We were not informed by the Russians that their official photographer was dual-hatted and would be releasing the photographs on the state news agency,” the administration official said.
As a result, White House officials said they were surprised to see photos posted online showing Trump not only with Lavrov but also smiling and shaking hands with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Kislyak has figured prominently in a series of damaging stories for the administration. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign in February over his contacts with Kislyak last year and over misleading statements about the nature of those conversations to Vice President Pence."-Washington Post
So Russians learned about the event before we in the U.S. did.
Clearly Trump is working to inform Russians about what is going on in the White House before informing Americans.
No, we have to get our news about what Trump is doing from TASS. It's outrageous.
Read it and weep, America:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/na ... 5b8b6e4f04
He allowed electronic equipment into the Oval office that could hide sophisticated bugging equipment.
Apparently, while Trump has been upset about Obama bugging his phones, he has no concern about Putin bugging the Oval Office.
"The White House played down the danger, saying that the photographer and his equipment were subjected to a security screening before he and it entered the White House grounds. The Russian “had to go through the same screening as a member of the U.S. press going through the main gate to the [White House] briefing room,” a senior administration official said.
Other former intelligence officials also described the access granted to the photographer as a potential security lapse, noting that standard screening for White House visitors would not necessarily detect a sophisticated espionage device.
The administration official also said the White House had been misled about the role of the Russian photographer. Russian officials had described the individual as Lavrov’s official photographer without disclosing that he also worked for Tass.
“We were not informed by the Russians that their official photographer was dual-hatted and would be releasing the photographs on the state news agency,” the administration official said.
As a result, White House officials said they were surprised to see photos posted online showing Trump not only with Lavrov but also smiling and shaking hands with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Kislyak has figured prominently in a series of damaging stories for the administration. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign in February over his contacts with Kislyak last year and over misleading statements about the nature of those conversations to Vice President Pence."-Washington Post
So Russians learned about the event before we in the U.S. did.
Clearly Trump is working to inform Russians about what is going on in the White House before informing Americans.
No, we have to get our news about what Trump is doing from TASS. It's outrageous.
Read it and weep, America:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/na ... 5b8b6e4f04
- By johnforbes