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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:32 PM Apr 2018

Ted Lieu: COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS USING AN UNSECURE PERSONAL CELL PHONE

Ted Lieu @tedlieu 3:13 PM - Apr 24, 2018

Search the internet for "SS7 exploit" and also "Pegasus malware." Read some articles on them. Then let me know if you are FREAKED OUT OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS USING AN UNSECURE PERSONAL CELL PHONE.





BUT HER EMAILS !!!
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Ted Lieu: COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS USING AN UNSECURE PERSONAL CELL PHONE (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Apr 2018 OP
Absolutely. Why the hell it allowed!?!?!?! Siwsan Apr 2018 #1
Its allowed, like many other transgresions by Trump LiberalLovinLug Apr 2018 #13
Absolutely how it's worked for years, now! maddiemom Apr 2018 #38
President Obama voluntarily surrendered his BlackBerry Mariana Apr 2018 #34
IOKIYAR MiniMe Apr 2018 #36
t-rump is hiding from Gen. Kelly. Iliyah Apr 2018 #2
He's a 6 foot tall NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #6
If he is 239 lbs, I'm a 98 lb teenage girl. hueymahl Apr 2018 #10
I'm more of the mind NewJeffCT Apr 2018 #14
I bet tRump was 6'1" in his youth and is probably closer to 5'11" now snort Apr 2018 #23
And remember those pics with Comey? thegoose Apr 2018 #32
Both pictures show parallax error. S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2018 #35
Look at the videos, too thegoose Apr 2018 #42
I wish some foreign spy agency exboyfil Apr 2018 #3
There are so many "stingray" relays around DC/Mer-de-lardo that dump doesn't know erronis Apr 2018 #5
he is talking to heaven05 Apr 2018 #26
GOP and their voters NEVER cared about emails or servers or Benghazi. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #27
Trump is extremely ignorant about technology. FuzzyRabbit Apr 2018 #31
What, and kill their golden goose? gratuitous Apr 2018 #11
Rhetorically, only: Because their balls are gripped by a vise [vice]? nt erronis Apr 2018 #33
They should embarrass the shit out of him FakeNoose Apr 2018 #19
Nothing will put the 'Clinton thing' to bed. Stonepounder Apr 2018 #28
Putin told Donald that the Russians Progressive dog Apr 2018 #4
He is actively avoiding the 'deep state' listening in. He thinks this way is better. poboy2 Apr 2018 #7
K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #8
Lock him up. Mc Mike Apr 2018 #9
How is this asshat orangecrush Apr 2018 #12
Nothing Would Surprise Me About this Dumb Sonofabitch Anymore . . OldManTarHeel Apr 2018 #15
He's just helping his boss, Putin, keep tabs on what he's doing. Kablooie Apr 2018 #16
God Bless Ted Lieu! He doesn't miss much. calimary Apr 2018 #17
Yes! He is sharp. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #24
That violates State Department protocol, but since he fired his SOS.... George II Apr 2018 #18
Republicans are total hypocrites. No question about it whatsoever. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #20
Remember how they gave Pres Obama shit for his PDA? Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #25
How much do you want to bet CanonRay Apr 2018 #21
I hope so. MontanaMama Apr 2018 #22
Butter JHB Apr 2018 #29
Legal question: Easier for Mueller to get a warrant? Quemado Apr 2018 #30
what difference does it makes...he's gives the Russians whatever they want in the Oval Office... Sancho Apr 2018 #37
K&R Scurrilous Apr 2018 #39
if they can take away obama's blackberry, why haven't they given him a secure phone? pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #40
why the surprise joseph263 Apr 2018 #41

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
1. Absolutely. Why the hell it allowed!?!?!?!
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:35 PM
Apr 2018

President Obama had to surrender his Blackberry (I think that's what he used to use).

LiberalLovinLug

(14,169 posts)
13. Its allowed, like many other transgresions by Trump
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:27 PM
Apr 2018

because not only do Republicans remain silent, but so do Democrats. At least relatively quiet.

Republicans will rally and get their troops out to every news station, with their talking points all coordinated, and their fake anger acting method prepared, and make a mountain out of the smallest of mole hills, like a sleeveless Michelle or a mom's jean's wearing Barack.
Or pick out one tiny tangent of a story, and conflate it into a huge scandal. And be relentless on it for weeks. Like how much Obama is golfing!!! (yes I know the irony)

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
38. Absolutely how it's worked for years, now!
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 01:55 PM
Apr 2018

The Democrats never seem to learn how to come back. Once the meme of the "biased liberal media" took hold, it was as if the Republicans got a pass on everything, and could make every liberal mole hill into a mountain.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
34. President Obama voluntarily surrendered his BlackBerry
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 08:18 PM
Apr 2018

because he understood the potential danger if he continued to use it.

hueymahl

(2,488 posts)
10. If he is 239 lbs, I'm a 98 lb teenage girl.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:19 PM
Apr 2018

Would not be surprised if he is pushing 300. My best guess is 275.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
14. I'm more of the mind
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:27 PM
Apr 2018

that he is in no way 6'3" tall

In the pic below, the 6'3" Alex Rodriguez is leaning into Trump and is clearly at least a few inches taller.

snort

(2,334 posts)
23. I bet tRump was 6'1" in his youth and is probably closer to 5'11" now
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:36 PM
Apr 2018

and 265 lbs.. 2" lift shoes aren't that conspicuous.

 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
32. And remember those pics with Comey?
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:37 PM
Apr 2018

6'8" Comey is waaaaay taller than lying bloated circus peanut.

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S.E. TN Liberal

(508 posts)
35. Both pictures show parallax error.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 09:06 PM
Apr 2018

Neither picture shows a true height comparison due to the fact the one person is closer to the camera than TraitorTrump is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax

 

thegoose

(3,115 posts)
42. Look at the videos, too
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:26 PM
Apr 2018

Camera positioning is all over the place, and Dumpie still remains dwarflike. Never reaches the 5" shorter than Comey he claims to be.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
3. I wish some foreign spy agency
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:40 PM
Apr 2018

would intercept and release the transcript demonstrating discussion of sensitive, even classified, information on an unsecured cell phone. It would put the Clinton thing to bed once and for all. It might even lead to impeachment (I wish).

erronis

(15,228 posts)
5. There are so many "stingray" relays around DC/Mer-de-lardo that dump doesn't know
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:48 PM
Apr 2018

who he's really talking to.

Every russian/chinese/israeli/mexican/somali/etc. country is angling to be a "cell tower" for comms in the DC area.

With an unsecured phone, the closest one MIGHT win out.

Since science and reason aren't high up on this administration's (or repuglicon's) criteria, we'll continue to be bested by others.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
26. he is talking to
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:08 PM
Apr 2018

bannon, gorka, jones and any other yes man white supremacist conspiracy nut out there to stroke his ego..

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
27. GOP and their voters NEVER cared about emails or servers or Benghazi.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:17 PM
Apr 2018

These were all examples of where they could count on the media to do their hypocrisy for them.

In the case of Benghazi, before that ambassador was killed he was the kind of person a deplorable DESPISED. Obama appointed life long diplomat.

So no, they never cared one iota about Benghazi.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. What, and kill their golden goose?
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:20 PM
Apr 2018

I am confident that Trump's private cell phone communications are being intercepted by friend and foe alike all over the planet. They'd be derelict in their duty to their own country if they didn't. But what's the point of tipping off their personal sucker and losing this direct line into the Oval Office? This is better than any bug or listening device.

The question is, why are congressional leaders not doing jack-squat about this security breach?

FakeNoose

(32,626 posts)
19. They should embarrass the shit out of him
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:01 PM
Apr 2018

I hope they record a booty call to his girlfriend or something.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
28. Nothing will put the 'Clinton thing' to bed.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:17 PM
Apr 2018

On Hillary's tombstone there will be an addendum. 'But the emails...'

Progressive dog

(6,900 posts)
4. Putin told Donald that the Russians
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:48 PM
Apr 2018

will continue to monitor Donald's communications and warn him if any bad people are spying on him.

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
7. He is actively avoiding the 'deep state' listening in. He thinks this way is better.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:01 PM
Apr 2018

Paranoid traitorous malignant narcissist madman that he is.

Kablooie

(18,625 posts)
16. He's just helping his boss, Putin, keep tabs on what he's doing.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:51 PM
Apr 2018

Perfectly acceptable.
Now if he were more than just an employee of the Kremlin it could be a problem but he's just following protocol.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
24. Yes! He is sharp.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:36 PM
Apr 2018

I wonder if our spies can bug his cell phone and use it against him? If it is not secure than that means anyone can get into his system (that includes foreign countries and our own FBI and CIA).

George II

(67,782 posts)
18. That violates State Department protocol, but since he fired his SOS....
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 05:53 PM
Apr 2018

.....and nominated a rogue war monger, is anyone surprised?

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
20. Republicans are total hypocrites. No question about it whatsoever.
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 06:13 PM
Apr 2018

Everything they claim to disapprove of from budget deficits to sexual improprieties, they do. What's more they go out of their way to nominate and vote for people who do what they claim to disapprove of.

It's just amazing to me.

Do what I say, not what I do is the Republican mantra.

They are despicable, not just deplorable.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
30. Legal question: Easier for Mueller to get a warrant?
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 07:28 PM
Apr 2018

Question for those out there who know the law:

Wouldn't it be easier for Mueller to get a court to issue a warrant for a wiretap on Trump's personal cell phone?

Sancho

(9,067 posts)
37. what difference does it makes...he's gives the Russians whatever they want in the Oval Office...
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 01:21 PM
Apr 2018

he has a server in tRump tower to talk to the Russians, a back channel in the Indian Ocean, and about 200 Russian operatives on his staff...and God only knows what he says to the hookers in bed!

At this point, the cell phone is irrelevant.

pansypoo53219

(20,969 posts)
40. if they can take away obama's blackberry, why haven't they given him a secure phone?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 03:40 PM
Apr 2018

or is this for the FBI? less work to tap the moron.

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