We have the story today of Omarosa Manigault-Newman who claims to have recorded a conversation in one of the most sensitive locations in the US. This is not believable in two respects, first that she knew better than to record anything in that area. She had security briefings and the sensitivity of the things going on in that room that might impact national security. I hope the White House has her security clearance suspended by this afternoon, and revoked after her hearing is over. There is no excuse for this kind of activity.
Second, you have to wonder why the White House did not detect this device and have her removed before any recording was made. I always had devices that would detect cell phones and recorders and never allowed meetings without them turned on. There were too frequent times when individuals would be caught with a cell phone still on. They could have been recording. Less so with recording devices because there is only one purpose for those and a person knows better than to get caught with one.
One of the most unusual cases in our area was a hospital just down the road from where I live. A patient was recording the doctors instruction and a nurse came by and took the recorder away underneath the cart the patient was being transported on. It recorded the conversation of the doctors operating on him, with comments on how much of a hypochondriac he was. He sued and won. My wife had surgery there and the procedures were pretty rigorous to make sure nobody had one coming into the treatment rooms or surgeries. Too late. These are the kinds of things a good security person knows. You can give the hospital some slack for not taking better care. The White House should know better.
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