Campaign doesn't seem to have been particularly effective on banning leaks, has it?
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...l-phones-is-going-swimmingly?detail=emaildkre
John Kelly leak shows that the White House's ban on personal cell phones is going swimmingly
Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday May 15, 2018 · 1:12 PM PDT
When you swim with sharks you have to worry about getting eaten by sharks. When you swim in a swamp filled with craven narcissistic assholes, you have to worry about how to make some money before you crawl into a dungeon, clean yourself off and start working for a new shiny Republican candidate. That’s the problem at the White House these days where everyone leaks everything to the press. As CNN reports, the dripping faucet of information that is the White House staff, continues unabated. Even with Trump and John Kelly’s attempts to clamp down.
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John Kelly leak shows that the White House's ban on personal cell phones is going swimmingly
Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday May 15, 2018 · 1:12 PM PDT
When you swim with sharks you have to worry about getting eaten by sharks. When you swim in a swamp filled with craven narcissistic assholes, you have to worry about how to make some money before you crawl into a dungeon, clean yourself off and start working for a new shiny Republican candidate. That’s the problem at the White House these days where everyone leaks everything to the press. As CNN reports, the dripping faucet of information that is the White House staff, continues unabated. Even with Trump and John Kelly’s attempts to clamp down.
The White House banned the use of personal cell phones in the West Wing in January. It was an idea first floated by chief of staff John Kelly when he replaced Reince Priebus last July, but one he didn't implement until months into his tenure. Officials publicly maintained that the ban was because of national security reasons, but multiple staffers said privately that they were under the impression it was carried out in hopes of limiting leaks to reporters. [...]
Officials now either leave their personal devices in their cars, or, when they arrive for work each morning, deposit them in lockers that have been installed at West Wing entrances. Each locker has a key, which official said take a little jiggling to remove. The staffer puts their phone in the locker, locks it and hangs on to the key until the end of the day when it's time to reclaim their device.
And to be clear, Trump and his band of paranoid lunatics are trying really hard to ban cell phones.
(After writing something, reading it, and then pressing “tweet,” it’s no surprise that the White House is terrified of audio or visual of anything going on in that hellscape.)
Officials now either leave their personal devices in their cars, or, when they arrive for work each morning, deposit them in lockers that have been installed at West Wing entrances. Each locker has a key, which official said take a little jiggling to remove. The staffer puts their phone in the locker, locks it and hangs on to the key until the end of the day when it's time to reclaim their device.
And to be clear, Trump and his band of paranoid lunatics are trying really hard to ban cell phones.
The ban isn't based on an honor system. Sweeps are carried out to track down personal devices that have made it past the lobby and into the building. According to sources who are familiar with the sweeps, men dressed in suits and carrying large handheld devices have been seen roaming the halls of the West Wing, moving from room to room, scouring the place for devices that aren't government-issued. If one is detected, one of the men will ask those in the room if someone forgot to put their phone away.
When you consider that John Kelly says things like immigrants aren’t good at “assimilating,” and Donald Trump is saying this:
(After writing something, reading it, and then pressing “tweet,” it’s no surprise that the White House is terrified of audio or visual of anything going on in that hellscape.)
