[MindBender26]

Author only demonstrates his own paranoia and lack of understanding of government operations.

WH, DOD, OPM, CIA, FAA, and many others routinely monitor all news, (regular nets, all 11 CNN feeds, FNC, MSNBC, Weather Channel, Bloomberg, BBC, Sky News, NHK, and many other 24/7 news feeds. They also monitor special feed channels, such as NASA Select, Limbaugh on radio, the network regional feeds, etc.

#1. It is a good pulse on the country and world,

#2. POTUS/CINC needs to know about anything important ASAP. Feeds are often best to find out.

This was entirely routine, and author knew it, or should have known it.

[EggsAckley]

You're so right. This maroon writer is grasping at some very thin straws to foment anger in his readers. He knows better, no doubt. He's just counting on the "stoopids" to jump on his scandal bandwagon.