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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone else wonder if the Russian spies and media dropped bugs when in Oval office?
I keep thinking about how advanced technology is these days and listening devices can be made extra tiny. I keep thinking about Trump letting the Russians into the Oval Office, with Russian media. If any of them got near a piece of furniture they could have dropped a bug or two and Russia would have a main-line into the Oval Office discussions.
Just saying...
What a fool to he was to let them into the Oval Office.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I don't wonder about it. I assume it happened.
FarPoint
(12,409 posts)I bet ice cream on the notion they did...why not!
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)pretty sure.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)they prop don't need to be near furniture...
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts). . .considering that they know he can be played for a pansy.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)drray23
(7,633 posts)uncle ray
(3,156 posts)Have you heard of "the Thing" placed in the US embassy in russia? i'd LIKE to think the SS would detect a device.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)IIRC falls under the State Department
uncle ray
(3,156 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Why bother when tRumpet will tell them anything they want to know?
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Even if Trump doesn't get impeached, 25th Amendmented, ordered to resign or else, or French Revolutioned, he can't stay in office past 1/20/2025. Properly-made passive bugs could stay around far longer than that.
Old Terp
(464 posts)I suspect "close Trump associate" mentioned is not just Jared but also Ivanka.
imanamerican63
(13,800 posts)Remember he said to Comey about "TAPES" are possible!
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Should we ban all media from the White House?
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Ban all media?
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)And again, no one is making that particular argument predicated wholly on a false equivalency but you....
Consistency, thy name is Felicia.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Do you think all the media is very patriotic and would never think of doing such a thing?
How about Breitbart and those types? Should ANY foreign media be allowed in the White House? How about the British? How about the French or Germans? Are you super trusting of all of them just like 100% of the American media?
You should know the NSA sweeps the White House regularly for any 'bugs' or other electronic devices. This whole thread is absurd.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)But for some reason want to muddy the waters. No one is falling for this Russian apologist crap.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Russian dignitaries and Herr Trump? Not so much.
Any other questions?
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Nope. Any other questions?
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Though I can't provide the link just now, courts have found that the journalist is not violating the law by publishing the material once it's in their hands, but the leaker can still be charged with espionage for releasing the material.
Do you have any actual questions?
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Who is being charged? Nobody.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)As noted, journalists are allowed to publish the information they're given. Why should they be charged?
That's also why they protect their sources so carefully, because their sources *could* be charged.
Get it?
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Yet it happens every day. And you actually think it is proper for a journalist to knowingly hide a felon or traitor. I don't and neither do the courts. You may remember the Judith Miller case where she was sent to jail for refusing to name a source.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)Look, I get that you're desperate to paint journalists as criminals for some reason, and I wish you the best of luck with that fantasy, but it's not borne out by reality.
As for Judith Miller, was she charged with espionage? No? Then her case is not relevant to this discussion.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)I think Mar-a-logo and his New Jersey place is where he has sexual rendezvous. A sex addict can't just quit and his wife is not around.
Orrex
(63,216 posts)They can just meet with Herr Trump and ask him whatever they want to know.
wiggs
(7,814 posts)Orrex
(63,216 posts)wiggs
(7,814 posts)narcissist whose militant ignorance, massive ego, and greed would give the russians more than enough compromat to pull his strings. They've also had first hand financial dealings with him since the early 90's. They probably know more than our IC does and that's certainly more than we know.
It's a valid assumption that they own him. And that's more important than obstruction of justice.
gordianot
(15,240 posts)They most certainly do not need them now.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)US reporters.