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mobeau69

(11,140 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 09:53 PM Apr 2019

Looks like the "Chinese lady at Mar a Largo story" is gonna blow up.

Bob Baer on Cuomo explained what a mess that place is for SS. Said it's impossible to secure. She was just one Chines spy that got caught. Got past the SS! The receptionist is the only one to stop and question her and figured out she didn't belong there.

This is our government under a dotard.

Probably will get covered up big time though.

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Looks like the "Chinese lady at Mar a Largo story" is gonna blow up. (Original Post) mobeau69 Apr 2019 OP
In any other year, it would be a total scandal. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #1
Love this - KT2000 Apr 2019 #3
...and so many around here wanted Northam out for some stupid picture from ages ago. Dawson Leery Apr 2019 #2
Good work on the part of the receptionist. lpbk2713 Apr 2019 #4
Yes. Dorian Gray Apr 2019 #13
Nothing will happen RhodeIslandOne Apr 2019 #5
China has such a strangle hold on our economy that there is little we can do to stop them yaesu Apr 2019 #6
Frank Figluzzi said that if this drops out of sight it means a big investigation is taking place... Hekate Apr 2019 #7
Watchdog office to probe Mar-a-Lago members' influence at VA struggle4progress Apr 2019 #8
Another Mar-a-Lago member for ambassador struggle4progress Apr 2019 #9
President Trump's appointments struggle4progress Apr 2019 #10
FBI examining whether Mar-a-Lago resort vulnerable to spies struggle4progress Apr 2019 #11
The receptionist Dorian Gray Apr 2019 #12

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
4. Good work on the part of the receptionist.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 11:52 PM
Apr 2019


She probably knew the security detail needed all the help they could get.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
6. China has such a strangle hold on our economy that there is little we can do to stop them
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 12:43 AM
Apr 2019

from doing anything to us, spying, trade wars, anything.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
7. Frank Figluzzi said that if this drops out of sight it means a big investigation is taking place...
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:07 AM
Apr 2019

In other words, not a cover up.

struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
8. Watchdog office to probe Mar-a-Lago members' influence at VA
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:24 AM
Apr 2019

By LORRAINE WOELLERT 11/26/2018 02:51 PM EST

The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether members of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida, improperly influenced the Department of Veterans Affairs, including over a $10 billion contract to modernize veterans’ health records, according to a letter from the watchdog office released by Democratic lawmakers Monday.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) had requested an investigation in August following reports that Trump confidant Ike Perlmutter, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, and Bruce Moskowitz, a West Palm Beach doctor, used their access to the club — and the president — to delay and shape a plan to overhaul digital health records at the VA ...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/mar-a-lago-trump-investigation-va-contracts-1015803

struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
9. Another Mar-a-Lago member for ambassador
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:26 AM
Apr 2019

By Christine Stapleton
Posted Nov 14, 2018 at 11:04 PM
Updated Nov 15, 2018 at 10:18 AM

... Marks, 64, is the fourth member of Trump’s private club, Mar-a-Lago, that he has tapped for an ambassadorship. Other club members recruited by Trump for top diplomatic posts include:

Robin Bernstein, a founding member of Mar-a-Lago and staunch supporter and defender of the president, as ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

Philanthropist Patrick Park, who once claimed that most of the 200 fundraisers he hosted were at Mar-a-Lago, was picked as ambassador to Austria but cited family responsibilities when he turned down Trump’s invitation.

Brian Burns, a major Trump donor, also declined a post as ambassador to Ireland for health reasons. Burns is also founding chairman of the Palm Beach Policeman’s Ball, that has loyally held its event at Mar-a-Lago for years ...

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20181114/trump-picks-another-mar-a-lago-member-for-ambassador

struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
11. FBI examining whether Mar-a-Lago resort vulnerable to spies
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:34 AM
Apr 2019

Kevin Johnson and Ali Schmitz, Treasure Coast Newspapers
Published 4:19 p.m. ET April 3, 2019 | Updated 10:26 p.m. ET April 3, 2019

... The criminal investigation involving the woman, Yujing Zhang, was continuing Wednesday. Federal authorities led by the FBI also launched an examination of potential intelligence vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago out of "an abundance of caution," as it was unclear what threat, if any, Zhang represented, said the person familiar with the probe, who was not authorized to comment publicly.

The FBI declined to comment.

Senate Democrats asked the bureau on Wednesday to assess Mar-a-Lago facilities and equipment Trump uses to access classified information while staying at his luxury country club.

"These potential vulnerabilities have serious national security implications,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York, Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein of California; and Intelligence committee vice chairman Mark Warner of Virginia wrote. They added that the Secret Service and White House Communications Agency were working together to establish several secure areas at Mar-a-Lago for handling classified information when the president travels there ...

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/03/mar-lago-arrest/3356751002/

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