White House staffer left email passwords on official stationery at bus stop: report

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 03/17/18 03:59 PM EDT

A White House staffer left the password to his encrypted email account at a bus stop in Washington, D.C., according to a new report.

Ryan McAvoy left his ProtonMail passwords and email address on a piece of White House stationery at a bus stop near the White House, The Intercept reported Saturday.

Link to tweet

Someone reportedly found the piece of paper and turned it over to The Intercept, which said that it confirmed its authenticity. The aide, who works as a staff assistant in the White House, did not return The Intercept's requests for comment.

House Intelligence Committee Democrats said Wednesday they are interested in filing a subpoena to see how Trump campaign officials used WhatsApp, a messaging service.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/378949-white-house-staffer-left-email-passwords-on-official-stationery

[marble falls]

1. Fuck. Who needs Russian spys???

Is this part of that "chaos" thing Cheetolini likes so much?

[MurrayDelph]

24. This is why I say

that I'm less afraid of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence killing me than I am of genuine stupidity.

[OldHippieChick]

2. "... the best people ..."

[RKP5637]

5. Yep, the Best of the Best hand picked by ...

[trusty elf]

22. ......

[Angry Dragon]

3. shit happens

[Aristus]

4. "But Hillary..."

God, these assholes piss me off.


What a shitcircus.

[duforsure]

6. Another clear indication

How bad this white house really is.

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Lock him up!

And start a Congressional investigation!

[ToxMarz]

8. Apart from being expectedly inept on the part of this administration

Isn't a private mail server use within the White House staff a violation of the Presidential Records Act.

And this one isn't in the basement or in Trump Tower, it is an end to end encrypted service based in Switzerland.

[jpak]

9. Was this a Dead Drop - (spy stuff)?????

[The Wielding Truth]

21. That's what I was thinking. They are in so deep and care so little about the law.

It could have been.

[Mc Mike]

10. Then the stupid repuglinazis scream and cry about leaks.

I think dRump told Sergei and Sergey the White House admin password, the last time they were all yukking it up in the Oval Office together.

[jmowreader]

11. Uhh...guys...

https://protonmail.com

Protonmail is "secure email based in Switzerland."

What, exactly, is a White House staffer doing conducting business with a Swiss email account?

[ffr]

12. Go get 'em Trey Gowdy!

This warrants years of investigation and panelists being questioned for days at a time.

[lutherj]

13. No worries, he was just passing them to his Russian case officer. Nt

[DesertRat]

14. But Her emails!

[Honeycombe8]

15. He needs a reminder of his own password? He must not access his email very often. nt

[htuttle]

18. Maybe they just handed out new accounts?

[NBachers]

16. Another crack exposing an abyss of corruption and malfeasance.

[htuttle]

17. It's not legal for him to be using that email account for official business

And it's written on official letterhead, for fuck's sake!

ProtonMail is favored by privacy advocates....

...as well as spies, drug dealers, terrorists, hackers, and any anyone else who wants a free encrypted email account.

[Turbineguy]

19. Must be one of trump's

top people.

At least "amazing" would fit.

[errant boy]

20. This passes foe competence in Trump's Administration

Perhaps even expertise!

[WhoWoodaKnew]

23. Could this also be someone inside the White House that is leaking...

Critical stuff that we all need to know?