EPA chief getting his own $25,000 sound-proof booth
Source: cnn
Updated 6:00 PM ET, Tue September 26, 2017
EPA moving agents to provide 24/7 security
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Washington (CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is known for mandating note-free meetings, he's the only administrator to have requested his 24/7 own security detail and now he's about to have his own sound-proof booth.
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The booth, also known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), will be a customized model for Pruitt to conduct meetings, calls and other lines of communication undisturbed, according to the Post.
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"They had a lot of modifications," said Steve Snider, an acoustic sales consultant with the company, told the Post. "Their main goal was they wanted essentially a secure phone booth that couldn't be breached from a data point of view or from someone standing outside eavesdropping."
The EPA did not respond to multiple requests for comment from CNN.
Pruitt has taken several unusual steps regarding security and meetings at EPA. It's been reported that the administrator, who prefers to interact with just the political appointees inside the agency, has banned note-taking during meetings and also recently requested funds for round-the-clock bodyguards.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/pruitt-sound-proof-booth/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool
24/7 bodyguards, sound proof rooms, no note taking!! What is this?? This is the EPA for christs sake!
Also see this DU link:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141875357
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The OP is serious but this is funny:
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ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Once in the cone of silence, Pruitt gets to explain that bribes are really not necessary, but...
LudwigPastorius
(9,166 posts)Since the CEOs seeking "regulatory relief" ran out of pallets of cash to be left across the street behind the dumpster at the Smithsonian, Pruitt has to give out the offshore account numbers under completely secure conditions.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)was the first thing I thought of when I read that.
(Which says more about my age than anything else, I guess.)
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)as well. Honestly, you cannot make this stuff up.
dhill926
(16,351 posts)KT2000
(20,586 posts)they are exalted rulers. They are insane.
Akoto
(4,267 posts)It's ultimately a pointless waste of money. There isn't a security system in existence a smart person hasn't been able to defeat in some way.
They'll justify it, I'm sure, as a method of overcoming leakers they otherwise can't pin down.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,157 posts)Delphinus
(11,840 posts)it's the EPA for goodness sake - why should they need such tactics? Why not transparency? What and with whom will secret stuff be discussed? It really seems VERY odd.
weissmam
(905 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)what a fucking weirdo.
Can you imagine if the EPA chief under President Obama had done this? The faux-bots would be screaming at the top of their lungs. Of course, pruitt's gotta hide what he's up to not only from the media but also from his own employees, at least the good ones that are still there.
They_Live
(3,239 posts)notice the results of his secret conversations and meetings? You work for the people.
cstanleytech
(26,316 posts)subpoena which notes from a meeting might contain thus the ban on said notes.
oxbow
(2,034 posts)Selling off environmental protections to the highest bidder. They're shameless..This should be illegal in an agency Set up to protect people.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)riversedge
(70,282 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)============
melm00se
(4,993 posts)SCIFs are used when discussing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) which is
classified Secret or Top Secret information that is derived from intelligence sources, methods or
analytical processes.
I don't see this really applying to the EPA.
Hugin
(33,189 posts)Asking for a friend.
area51
(11,919 posts)Well, it'll save the American taxpayer money ....