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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMysterious intruder rattles GOP lawmakers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/lawmakers-want-answers-after-intruder-breaches-gops-inner-sanctum/2017/01/31/3a94331e-e729-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_breach-4pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.0e2fd4398aa9For hours, the intruder strolled around what should have been one of the most tightly secured buildings in the country.
Inside the Loews Hotel in downtown Philadelphia at various points Thursday were President Trump, Vice President Pence, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and scores of other Republican members of Congress. Reporters were kept out, and only a few select staffers, family members and outsiders were allowed to participate in the private GOP policy retreat.
But at least one unauthorized person made it inside, and while it is unclear to what degree the countrys top leaders were in physical danger, their circle of trust was undoubtedly breached.
A person secretly recorded closed sessions on national security and health care that were attended by many dozens of GOP lawmakers. They had gathered for a private discussion of some of the thorniest legislative issues of the moment, as well as a question-and-answer session with Pence.
The recordings were anonymously emailed that night to reporters for The Washington Post and other news outlets that published stories exposing qualms inside the GOP over the partys plans to roll back the Democratic health-care overhaul and a looming debate between defense hawks and advocates of fiscal rectitude. Pence, meanwhile, made news by committing to pursue an investigation into unfounded accusations of widespread voter fraud.
The identity of the source of the recordings is not known; the individual communicated with The Post anonymously via email. The Post reported the contents of the recordings after confirming their authenticity with quoted lawmakers or their staffs.
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Mysterious intruder rattles GOP lawmakers (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Jan 2017
OP
I do not want to know who this is. "Deep cell phone" is doing a tremendous service to the nation....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#8
It was a bartender who recorded Mitt Romney's infamous 47% remarks, but I suspect...
Brother Buzz
Feb 2017
#11
BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)1. I remember stories last week about this
where the supposed "interloper" had supposedly impersonated one of the GOP attendees' wives or something...
There are DUers looking for full publication and more in-depth stories.
LonePirate
(13,446 posts)2. At the moment, this anonymous person is a hero in my book.
Shining a light on those evil bastards is long overdue.
2naSalit
(86,963 posts)3. I hope this keeps happening....nt
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)4. I don't believe this is an anonymous person.
I think one of their own is taping them and the mole wants people to think it was an anonymous person, lol.
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)5. Remember...Deep Throat..was one of the Nixon Gang....sara..is correct..
lamp_shade
(14,853 posts)7. AGREED and I don't for one second buy the story about the woman who
snuck in and was later removed. Nope. It was an insider and it's easy to understand why they wouldn't want to admit it.
braddy
(3,585 posts)6. Remember when that guy ran into the White House, the front door was unlocked.
Hekate
(91,042 posts)8. I do not want to know who this is. "Deep cell phone" is doing a tremendous service to the nation....
....and might have to go into hiding if his identity is revealed.
I want him to live to reveal more, lots more, to the WaPo or the NYT or whoever else will take him seriously.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,485 posts)10. They scurry like cockaroaches when the light is shone on them
Brother Buzz
(36,507 posts)11. It was a bartender who recorded Mitt Romney's infamous 47% remarks, but I suspect...
this time it was a lowly invisible staff member.