Trump White House Shopping For Technology to Plug Leaks

[highplainsdem]

From Foreign Policy, published yesterday so I can't post this to LBN:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/03/trump-white-house-shopping-for-technology-to-plug-leaks/

The White House is searching for technology to shut off the leaks that have roiled the Trump administration in its first weeks and already caused the resignation of one top aide and a political firestorm for another.

White House IT officials met with at least one private firm selling a network security system that would give administration officials control over how staffers use computers and cellphones to transmit sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Now, the White House is searching for a high-tech solution akin to the defense systems used by companies to stop wayward employees from stealing proprietary data. The quest underscores the administration’s desire to better control the news cycle — and perhaps to quash dissent.

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“The technology itself can be used for good or ill,” said a former senior administration official. “The real question is how they plan to implement that kind of technology: What data does it include, who has access to the collected data, how is it going to be acted upon.”

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Apparently Donnie has some of these laying around

[bunnies]

2. People still have mouths.

Dumbasses.

[ProudLib72]

3. Just like

offering a bandaid to a man who just had his arm chopped off.

[MineralMan]

4. Too late, Donald. Too late.

By the time such measures could be put into place, you'll have already resigned. Just give it up, Donald. Resign now and save yourself the hassle of trying to avoid the inevitable.

You're toast, Mr. President. Toast.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Good luck with that!

[pinboy3niner]

6. For the most secure protection, Mike Pence is reaching out to AOL

[dalton99a]

9. Sold. That's what the Imperial Praetorian Guard is ordering.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Well, gee, if ***** would tell the truth,then no one would leak anything. NT

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. I'm sure the Russians have some they can sell Trump

[Me.]

10. Burner

Phones

[Schema Thing]

11. Traveling IT salesman: Hello, I'm Vlad, and I'm with sekruity eksperts R US ;). How can I help you

...comrades?

[jmowreader]

12. There's only one way, and I wouldn't put it past Trump to try it

Any security officer will tell you every secret your organization has walks out the door at shift change in your workers' heads. In Washington there are far too many ways to pass information to a reporter...including just getting on I-95 South and driving an hour to a preplanned meeting spot.

Trump will not plug the leaks that are destroying his administration unless he imprisons his workers in the White House basement. He'll have to cut off all their contact with the outside world, and they won't be able to quit because he can't risk anyone walking out of the White House Gulag with a head full of Trump's dirty laundry.