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Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown.. which leaked

Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:39 pm
Posted by tigerinDC09
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:39 pm
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Last week, after Spicer became aware that information had leaked out of a planning meeting with about a dozen of his communications staffers, he reconvened the group in his office to express his frustration over the number of private conversations and meetings that were showing up in unflattering news stories, according to sources in the room. Upon entering Spicer’s second floor office, staffers were told to dump their phones on a table for a “phone check," to prove they had nothing to hide.


So.... It's not just the intelligence agencies or Obama holdovers?

It's within the house!
Posted by montanagator
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:40 pm to
Of course it is, the entire administration is amateur hour.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8645 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:41 pm to
So much for hiring the best people.
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:42 pm to
CNN

TRUMP PROVES SEXIST HABITS AFTER FORGETTING TO PUT TOILET SEAT DOWN AFTER URINATING
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:43 pm to
Did they smash said phones with hammers?
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:43 pm to
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CNN

TRUMP PROVES SEXIST HABITS AFTER FORGETTING TO PUT TOILET SEAT DOWN AFTER URINATING


What exactly is your point here?

This was a Politico story, is CNN in your head that much?
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54765 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:43 pm to
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Did they smash said phones with hammers?


Probably just took a cloth and wiped them clean.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
81296 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:44 pm to
I wonder if even having the encrypted messaging apps on your phone will now be grounds for termination.

I don't know if I'd want the job that bad to be susceptible to random phone checks.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8645 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:45 pm to
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What exactly is your point here?

That fake news is only fake when they don't like it. Even OpEd can be fake news nowadays.
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:45 pm to
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Did they smash said phones with hammers?


That would probably HELP them do their job better.
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
47376 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:46 pm to
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LINK

where are they getting the info from? did they list their sources and I missed it?
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

I wonder if even having the encrypted messaging apps on your phone will now be grounds for termination.

I don't know if I'd want the job that bad to be susceptible to random phone checks.


Right, Govt devices of course they can check.

Even with my clearance, I'd quit if someone tried to check my personal phone w/o a warrant.
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:48 pm to
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where are they getting the info from? did they list their sources and I missed it?


They were obviously people in the room.

Spicer's non-denial pretty much confirms this for me.
Posted by FanInLA
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:48 pm to
The White House should be happy if there are leaks. Then the American people find out about their intentions. Disagree with them. Then the White House has a chance to say it was fake news and change their intentions.
Posted by roux
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Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:48 pm to
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Of course it is, the entire administration is amateur hour.

Trump has a different mindset... If something or someone fails change it and move on. Just like any construction job superintendent. It's not like any other admin ever.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
81296 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:49 pm to
Article I saw said they mandated turning over the phone whether it was government-issued or personal.

It's a little early to be getting this paranoid. Gonna be a long four years for Spicer
This post was edited on 2/26/17 at 12:50 pm
Posted by Navytiger74
Member since Oct 2009
50458 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:49 pm to
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Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown.. which leaked
Where did they find Spicer?
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:52 pm to
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Article I saw said they mandated turning over the phone whether it was government-issued or personal.


Right, they had to consent to give access to their personal devices. They weren't LEGALLY required to grant that access.

It's questionable if they could be fired for not granting access to their personal devices.
Posted by tigerinDC09
Washington, DC
Member since Nov 2011
4741 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:54 pm to
quote:

Trump has a different mindset... If something or someone fails change it and move on. Just like any construction job superintendent. It's not like any other admin ever.


Like when he found out that Flynn lied and he still kept him as Nat Sec Advisor.... until the press found out about it?
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
47376 posts
Posted on 2/26/17 at 12:57 pm to
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where are they getting the info from? did they list their sources and I missed it?


They were obviously people in the room.

Spicer's non-denial pretty much confirms this for me.

you didn't answer the question

I'll wait for the list of sources
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