{"id":373120,"date":"2018-08-12T19:26:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/omarosas-tape-from-inside-the-situation-room-fuels-massive-freakout-over-security-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-08-12T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T18:26:12","slug":"omarosas-tape-from-inside-the-situation-room-fuels-massive-freakout-over-security-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/omarosas-tape-from-inside-the-situation-room-fuels-massive-freakout-over-security-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Omarosa\u2019s tape from inside the Situation Room fuels massive freakout over security \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.08\/thumbnail\/5b70719edda4c8a8408b458d.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Former White House aide Omarosa Onee Manigault-Newman has unleashed a collective freak-out on Twitter after she revealed she recorded a conversation with chief of staff John Kelly from inside the White House Situation Room.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Omarosa made the shock reveal on Meet the Press WHAT CHANNEL on Sunday, where a clip of the covert recording was played. It features Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-omarosa-i-had-a-blind-spot-where-it-came-to-donald-trump-1297414211755?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">telling<\/a> Omarosa her departure from the White House could be a friendly one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s nothing short of stunning that an employee was able to sneak a smartphone into the Situation Room \u2014 the SCIF of all SCIFs &#8211; and surreptitiously record a conversation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeetThePress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MeetThePress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshNBCNews\/status\/1028655147034009600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last month I described President Trump as &#8220;the worst security risk in US history.&#8221; If staff are carrying recording devices into the Situation Room, that epithet applies to his entire White House  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CwyF9bc39\">https:\/\/t.co\/9CwyF9bc39<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidfrum\/status\/1028633346136371201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Omarosa met the president on The Apprentice and campaigned for Trump before joining the White House as an advisor. Since leaving the White House in December, she has penned a book, which she is currently promoting.<\/p>\n<p>Many on social media were aghast at the thought of someone being able to record in the secure Situation Room.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Omarosa carried for example a cellphone into the Situation Room, then not only did she record conversations there, but so potentially has any country or criminal organization that thought to hack her phone<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Frum (@davidfrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidfrum\/status\/1028633826266730497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Situation Room is a secure conference room located in the basement of the White House, where people are required to leave their electronic devices outside before entering. It is run by the National Security Council and contains secure communications equipment which the president uses to communicate with the military and receive intelligence. Sensitive phone calls with world leaders also take place inside.<\/p>\n<p>The room has sensors to detect cellular signals and bugs. There is a lead-lined box for communications devices at the reception area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fact that Omarosa recorded Trump\/Kelly isn\u2019t what bothers me. It\u2019s the fact that she was able to bring a recording device into the White House situation room without ANYONE KNOWING. This entire administration is a perpetual threat to our national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmoneyResists\/status\/1028679114595676161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I worked in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> for 4 years. I went to countless Situation Room meetings. I don&#8217;t remember a single meeting that had a cell phone in it. There are specific places to drop electronics, for a reason. Bringing electronics into a secure space means it is no longer secure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sam_vinograd\/status\/1028651261913182210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The revelation sparked fears that others may have been able to record sensitive conversations inside the room, with the Russia scare popping up in the conversation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Omarosa can sneak a tape recorder into the Situation Room then imagine what the Russians snuck into the Oval Office when Trump invited them in the day after he fired Comey. The place is probably bugged and Putin is probably listening to everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Knight &#x1f30a; (@ProudResister) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProudResister\/status\/1028658910054379520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"ru\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve said that from day one. The whole purpose of trump letting Putin\u2019s top Russian diplomats into our oval office secretly without our American press was to bug our oval office!!!<\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for the Russian media &amp; their photos we would have never seen or heard that treason!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ResistanceAngel&#x1f9d6;&#x1f3fc;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; DeepState4Life&#x1f575;&#xfe0f;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; (@AngelinaSnow007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelinaSnow007\/status\/1028660502157778945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12 \u0430\u0432\u0433\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/435788-situation-room-recording-omarosa\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House aide Omarosa Onee Manigault-Newman has unleashed a collective freak-out on Twitter after she revealed she recorded a conversation with chief of staff John Kelly from inside the White House Situation Room. 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