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HAB911

(8,884 posts)
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:39 AM Feb 2017

Who Is Vetting The People At Mar-A-Lago?

Club members, guests and at least 64 foreign workers have unprecedented access to the president.

WASHINGTON ― House Democrats are asking three federal agencies to explain the security measures implemented at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida to screen members, visitors and employees.

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) sent three separate letters on Friday to the FBI, the Secret Service and the Department of Labor asking each agency to explain how they are handling security at the club that the president has visited in three of his first four weekends in office. The letters were signed by 32 House Democrats.

The letters come one week after Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were photographed by Mar-a-Lago members while reviewing intelligence reports on the club’s public patio during a sensitive discussion about a missile test-fired by North Korea.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-mar-a-lago_us_58a7577de4b045cd34c17d40?2vn53ik9&

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Hugin

(33,120 posts)
4. The richer you are the more divine you are...
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:51 AM
Feb 2017

Just ask any Calvinist, Republican Congressman, or Trump voter, but, I repeat myself.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
2. Good question
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:47 AM
Feb 2017

Make those members uncomfortable. Security screening for guests or put Trump in a secure sound proof room.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
3. They should be subjected to the same "super vetting"
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:51 AM
Feb 2017

and perhaps metal detectors and body searches that Trump insists on
for immigrants. That would drive T out of his mind. Membership at
Mar a Lago would drop.

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
6. He's really putting himself in danger...he's libel to get killed. All you need to do is buy
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:58 AM
Feb 2017

a membership and you can "run into" the prezident.

CanonRay

(14,101 posts)
7. I'm quite sure the Chinese, Russians, and probably the Iranians have paid memberships
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 11:18 AM
Feb 2017

so they can get someone in any time they like.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
10. His stupidity in this regard makes him a prime candidate for martyrdom
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 12:52 PM
Feb 2017

He'd have no one to blame but himself.

HAB911

(8,884 posts)
11. Unsecure Smartphone Use Should Be Investigated, Congressman Says
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 03:44 PM
Feb 2017

President Donald Trump may still beusing an unsecure Android smartphone, much to the chagrin of security professionals and at least one congressman, who is now calling for an investigation into the President’s devices and cybersecurity practices.

The call comes from California Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu, who sent a letter to the House Oversight Committee accusing the President of having a “reckless disregard for cybersecurity.”

The letter, signed by 14 Democratic members of Congress, requests Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings begin to hold hearings over Trump’s ongoing use of an his Android smartphone, which he has continued to use since taking office and may present a national security risk.

http://www.ibtimes.com/trump-android-cell-phone-unsecure-smartphone-use-should-be-investigated-congressman-2493937

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
12. He's reckless and stupid. He could get hundreds killed
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 04:16 PM
Feb 2017

by a pair of guests who had terrorist funding of their membership fee.

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