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Senate issues at least 50 satellite phones as security measure
Washington Times ^ | 5/21/23 | Tom Howell Jr.

Posted on 05/22/2023 8:59:53 AM PDT by JonPreston

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Something is up

ObamaPhone 2.0 ?
Turned on at will by the provider ?

The Control Freaks lost Epstein as a way to corrupt pols and create leverage. However, if they've got a finger on the pol's phone switches, and if they listen long enough, they'll eventually hear something worthy of giving said pol a little "friendly advice".

Maybe for the more difficult cases they'll have to create a useful situation to record before they get the "talking point" they need.

Control Freaks gotta Control.

61 posted on 05/22/2023 9:11:44 PM PDT by Tellurian (To the Dems, the middle class is a festering wound. They want it amputated.)
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62 posted on 05/22/2023 9:22:07 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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“Something is up.”


Yep. Something is definitely up which means they are planning to track a lot of different Senators (some didn’t take the offer) and have a direct and immediate recording of their phone calls and information regarding their whereabouts, or they plan on an emergency event in which they want to be able to contact those Senators.


63 posted on 05/22/2023 9:27:46 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: JonPreston

This reminds me of “Live Free or Die Hard,” where former NSA computer expert brought down all communications and utilities to disable key elements of USA infrastructure.


64 posted on 05/23/2023 5:00:23 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Yo-Yo

Democrats were the only ones offered them.

And it is like this. If you want one buy it yourself. That is what the average smoow does.


65 posted on 05/23/2023 5:13:46 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: OHPatriot

In other news.... I hear a great deal of Ammonium Nitrate has gone missing.


66 posted on 05/23/2023 5:42:46 AM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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Coincidence?????? Yea Right. Wink Wink.


67 posted on 05/23/2023 7:45:51 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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...and when the balloon goes up, some of these secret senator radio-phones will have been misplaced in some box on some shelf, and the batteries will be dead; and some will need to be “set up,” and nobody will remember how to do that, and hardly anybody will know how to actually use one — so, expect Perfect Chaos.

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68 posted on 05/23/2023 9:53:15 AM PDT by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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Well, they should have communication capability like this.
I would be shocked if they haven’t had it for decades.
Yes our Senators need to be reachable in a catastrophic situation .


69 posted on 05/23/2023 9:57:28 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

Bet the Southern states “suddenly” lose access to communications...


70 posted on 05/23/2023 11:30:39 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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To: JonPreston

FBI HQ Washington DC........KARA-—BOOM?


71 posted on 05/23/2023 12:10:42 PM PDT by Candor7 ( ( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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https://www.westernjournal.com/us-senators-issued-satellite-phones-preparation-disruptive-event/

US Senators Are Being Issued Satellite Phones in Preparation for a ‘Disruptive Event’

Members of the U.S. Senate were recently offered satellite phones that will allow them to communicate in the case of a “man-made” or natural disaster, according to a report.

Citing numerous people familiar with the matter, CBS News reported all 100 senators were recently offered the phones.

More than 50 took Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson up on the offer.

The network reported Gibson said the phones were offered last month as a means “to ensure a redundant and secure means of communication during a disruptive event.”

Gibson reportedly demonstrated the phones.

Senators who agreed to take the devices were urged to keep them close by during travel.

It is not known exactly what type of satellite phones the lawmakers were given.

It was also not reported which lawmakers accepted the phones. Each device was paid for with federal funding, and service will be offered at no expense to those who are in possession of them.

However, Gibson implied the devices could come in handy in the event of some sort of disaster.

CBS reported: “Gibson said the phones are a security backstop in the case of an emergency that ‘takes out communications’ in part of America.

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72 posted on 05/23/2023 1:39:47 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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Each device was paid for with federal funding,

Our TAXES!!


73 posted on 05/23/2023 1:55:44 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Absolutely. A pittance, though, compared to the gazillions sent to the cesspit of Ukraine. How much was laundered and made its way back into corroptocrats pocketses, hmm?


74 posted on 05/23/2023 3:13:26 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: JonPreston

Protection for me, but, not for thee....so sayeth the elite Senators.

Rome, much, Senators?


75 posted on 05/24/2023 6:34:10 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: JonPreston

I have re-read this story, because of recent events in the Levant. Internet connected electronic devices will be on the forefront of contemporary warfare. There must be lots of moves going on, that we are not informed about.


76 posted on 09/19/2024 5:18:58 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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