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Trump puts himself, U.S. national security at risk every time he does business at Mar-a-Lago

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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:02 am

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Fake President Trump relishes the comforts of his Mar-a-Lago estate for repeated weekends away from Washington, but former Secret Service and intelligence officials say the resort is a security nightmare vulnerable to both casual and professional spies.

While Trump’s private club in South Florida has been transformed into a fortress of armed guards, military-grade radar, bomb sniffing dogs and metal-detection checkpoints, there are still notable vulnerabilities, namely the stream of guests who can enter the property without a background check.

And security experts warn that the commander in chief’s frequent visits — four since he took office in January — afford an unprecedented opportunity for eavesdropping and building dossiers on the president’s routines and habits, as well as those of the inner circle around him. They add that with each repeat visit, the security risk escalates.

“The president is the biggest, richest intelligence target in the world, and there is almost no limit to the energy and money an adversary will spend to get at him,” said David Kris, a former Obama-era assistant attorney general for national security.

Former Secret Service agents said the setup at Mar-a-Lago and the president’s other regular clubs presents challenges that their agency wasn’t built to deal with. The Service’s main job is to protect the president from physical threats and monitoring for wiretaps and other listening devices — but not from the kinds of counterespionage challenges presented by the president’s choice to eat, sleep and work at a club accessible to anyone who can get a member to invite them in.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-mar-lago-security-risk-espionage-235950
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Post by Andy Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:36 am

They only need to check his bank account.
He is probably paid in Roubles.
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Post by veya_victaous Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:27 am

it is pretty ridiculous, the amount of rules and checks a normal government worker has to go through to get access to secure sites.
then to have top officials completely ignore them Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad
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