Trump riff his nose at the American people on Wednesday by meeting with Russian officials assuspicions about his campaign tiesto the country are at their meridian . Adding vilification to wound , the White House did n’t countenance any U.S. printing press to be present . But Russian press got a front course prat in the Oval Office and former tidings official concern that they may have smuggle in surveillance equipment .
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The president ’s determination to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak came at an odd time . It was Trump ’s first coming together after evoke the human race who was lead an investigation into that country ’s meddling in the U.S. election . If that was n’t weird enough , the White House barred all U.S. media from being present and claimed that they were only allowing Lavrov ’s prescribed photographer to be present .
According to a reputation from theWashington Post , the administration was surprised to study that the lensman was n’t just Lavrov ’s personal lensman but is also a journalist for Russian state culture medium outlet Tass . “ We were not inform by the Russians that their official photographer was dual - hatted and would be releasing the photographs on the DoS news delegacy , ” an administration official say .
Photos of Trump ’s meeting with Lavrov and Kislyak just hit the Getty wire and they ’re all credited to Russian newsworthiness agency TASSpic.twitter.com/qE9lWB6KuS
— Matt Novak ( @paleofuture)May 10 , 2017
So , the White House let the Russian media into the Oval Office when they thought they were just let in a couplet of diplomats , one of whichhas reportedly been characterizedby U.S. word as “ Russia ’s top spy recruiter . ”
Someone on Twitter decided to ask former deputy CIA director David S. Cohen if it was “ a proficient idea to let a Russian gov lensman & all their equipment into the Oval Office . ” Cohen ’s reply was simply , “ No , it was not . ” The Washington Post seek to follow up with Cohen but he decline . Several former intelligence operatives did talk to the Post anonymously and they all agreed this situation was a possible security measures lapse .
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official from the White House insisted that there was no way a Russian lensman could smuggle any devices inside his equipment . Their reasoning was that he “ had to go through the same viewing as a member of the U.S. press going through the main logic gate to the [ White House ] briefing room . ” But the Post ’s intelligence information sources say that the “ standard screening for White House visitors would not necessarily observe a sophisticated espionage gadget . ”
Russian listening equipment have previously been found in theU.S. embassyand theState Department . They ’ve also managed toinstall keyloggerson U.S. diplomats ’ typewriter and in one of the most hilariously devious incident , schoolchildren presented the U.S. ambassadorwith a bugged wooden plaque . The gadget went undetected for seven class .
But do n’t worry , Trump ’s a sharp guy that would notice anything weird . This is a human beings who has spent the last 24 hours being call “ Nixonian ” and go forward tostage a photo - op with Henry Kissinger . Good judgment is his mediate name .
Fuck it , the Russians probablyhacked his cellphoneages ago .
[ The Washington Post ]
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