Why Gaetz' SCIF stunt is a VERY serious national security problem

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Link to tweet

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1187032800572125191.html

excerpt:

"The facilities are carefully designed and controlled to ensure that electronic signals, surveillance methods, or other listening devices do not compromise the information discussed in these rooms. I will not, for obvious reasons, go into details.

Bringing electronic devices into a SCIF, and this SCIF in particular is *very* problematic, especially when done by members of Congress.

Because Members of Congress (and their electronic devices) are high-value targets for compromise by foreign intelligence services.
Members of Congress have access to a wide range of sensitive information, including, in the case of these members, conversations with the President of the United States. They travel internationally, receive emails from the public, and meet with foreign dignitaries.

As politicians, they're also highly sensitive to revelations of derogatory information, which means that foreign adversaries are very interested in collecting same.

They also tend to be lax in their security protocols. This means they may not know they have been compromised. For example, their phones can be turned into listening devices without their knowledge."

[beachbumbob]

1. Pelosi has REAL POWER to address these members and their leadership, question remains

does she step up and use it finally after this "mob action"?

Time to draw the line and make people held accountable and pay a price

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. K & R

[no_hypocrisy]

3. They were getting info for Trump.

[Timewas]

4. Most of the repugs

Are a national security problem....