Report: WH Tech Support Thinks Kelly's Personal Cell Phone Was Compromised

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published OCTOBER 5, 2017 6:05 PM

White House officials believe that the personal cell phone of President Donald Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly was compromised, Politico reported late Thursday.

Politico reported, citing three unnamed U.S. government officials, that Kelly’s personal cell phone was compromised potentially as early as December 2016.

According to the report, tech support staff examined Kelly’s phone for several days this summer when he told them his phone would not update software properly and had not been working properly for months. The staff ultimately concluded that it should no longer be used and was compromised, according to Politico. Aides in September prepared a one-page memo on the subject, according to the report, and circulated the document through the White House.

An unnamed White House official told Politico that Kelly “relied on his government-issued phone for most communications” and “hadn’t used the personal phone often” since joining Trump’s administration, but did not dispute other details.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/politico-reports-white-house-tech-support-thinks-kelly-personal-cell-phone-compromised

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Did Obama officials have personal phones while working?

[underpants]

3. Yes he kept his beloved Blackberry

Never an issue.

[herding cats]

7. It was a special Blackberry to be fair.

Obama has been an affirmed BlackBerry user for at least a decade, but after becoming president in 2008 he had to give it up briefly for a secure Sectera Edge phone specially created by the National Security Agency (NSA).But that was quickly replaced by a customized BlackBerry with special security software called SecureVoice, developed in conjunction with the NSA

3) The new BlackBerry was stripped of every built-in feature that a hacker might exploit. It has no games, and likely no selfie-camera or texting function but carries top-notch encryption features.

4 )The phone is limited to calling only about 10 numbers, since they belong to those whose phones use the same type of encryption. They include vice-president Joe Biden, Obama's chief of staff and some of his top advisers, his press secretary, first lady Michelle Obama and a few other family members

5 )Sources say the presidential BlackBerry can only connect to a secure base station, which can be used to hide the IMEI-number of the device and thus prevent tracking it. This means the White House Communications Agency has to carry such a secure base station wherever the president goes.

6 )There must be a secure base station inside the presidential limousine too and probably also in Air Force One. The secure base station is probably connected to a secure satellite link with Washington.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obamas-BlackBerry-This-is-how-it-is-secured/articleshow/45948345.cms

[Angry Dragon]

5. that is not the problem

it only matters if you use your personal phone for government work

[2naSalit]

2. Not surprised at that one.... nt

[underpants]

4. OMG! Has it been destroyed ?!??!?

Destroying govt phones is normal procedure but...you know.... BUT HER PHONE!!


From the article.

According to Politico, the official said Kelly no longer had the phone but did not say where the device is.

[justhanginon]

6. If it had "not been working properly for months", it doesn't seem

like it would take a genius, given all the hacking going on, to maybe suspect someting amiss. Then have it looked at immediately by competent IT people especially given his position in the government.

[sweetloukillbot]

8. Did they destroy it with a hammer?

[BigmanPigman]

9. Gee, reaaly? I would NEVER expect such a thing.

I believe 45, Putin and the Tooth Fairy. There is nothing but a Nothing burger in GOP and tRumpland.

[SergeStorms]

10. We'd better have months and months.......

of ongoing investigations into the Trump administration's illegal use of emails and broken phones. SEND THEM TO JAIL! SEND THEM TO JAIL! SEND THEM TO JAIL!

If it's good enough for Hillary, it's good enough for the treasonous Trumps!

[truthisfreedom]

11. What part of the dark web did he visit for that to happen?

How does a phone get "compromised"? Who was he sleeping with? Who was he paying for sex? What nasty activity put him in contact with said compromiser? Perhaps it happened during a meeting with Russian "officials"?

We need answers. 45s phone is definitely compromised. Every time he tweets.