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Obama took his Top Secret iPad from White House to snoop on secret intelligence
DC Memo ^ | 4/18/2017 | Bill Hurley

Posted on 04/22/2017 8:34:20 AM PDT by realsmith

After leaving the presidency, Barack Obama has been spotted using his favorite iPad to take photos of his wife while on a David Geffen-owned megayacht in Tahiti. But this may be no ordinary iPad. A government watchdog speculates that he may have taken the Top Secret version out of the Oval Office, a big no-no.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: intelligence; obama; obamaipad; obamaspying; obamasurveillance; obamavacation; surveillance; trump; trumpwiretaps; wiretapping
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To: Texas Eagle
Who is responsible for taking inventory on such items?

The same people who keep track of the White House furniture and silver service?


61 posted on 04/22/2017 9:40:41 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
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To: realsmith

Until they bring the hammer down on Hilary for mixing sensitive information with personal, using a computer in her basement that was ultimately hacked, and al;l the others that have done the same, they can’t do anything, or prove anything, on him. Can’t be selective. He’s just one of many.

red


62 posted on 04/22/2017 9:42:03 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: realsmith

Get a FISA warrant to use it to spy on him, then catch him for Treason and give him the Mussolini treatment.


63 posted on 04/22/2017 9:45:41 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: PJBankard
"The government would never transmit classified materials over WiFi, ever."

You misspelled "should".

64 posted on 04/22/2017 9:45:45 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: realsmith; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; AbolishCSEU; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; ...
There is speculation in this thread that Obambi took his Secure iPad that had government security access with him when he left office, a big no-no, just as Hillary was allowed to keep her Top Secret and beyond Security Clearance and access, supposedly to help her write her memoir, after she left her Secretary of State position. I do not see any definitive proof of such a fact, but it is possible. If so, it would be possible for those in charge of such a secure iPad to remotely wipe and brick it, if it were in the possession of someone no longer authorized to possess it. That's the whole idea of Apple's security. I did that with some Apple devices stolen in a burglary from my office last fall, rendering them useless for resale except as a source of spare parts. — PING!


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65 posted on 04/22/2017 9:52:30 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: txhurl
Maybe all the reporting about Obama taking computers out of the West Wing was about this Ipad. I’m sure he’s created copies on other tablets to give to ValJar, Holder, etc. who also enjoy perfect SATCOM security.

Thankfully, all of that leaves an electronic paper trail.

And don't forget......now Trump controls US intel.

66 posted on 04/22/2017 9:56:42 AM PDT by Liz (The shutting down of free speech IS a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: AndyJackson

“Simple. Disable the account which should have been done the day he separated from government “service.””

And then arrest him. Humiliate him with an orange suit perp walk in front of cameras. Use a search warrant to go through his homes, his possessions, all computers, all bank accounts. Try him. Convict him. Imprison him. Take away his pension, perks, secret service protection.

Not that I hold a grudge or anything.


67 posted on 04/22/2017 10:04:10 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: realsmith

Democrats think they’re above the law... as do common criminals.


68 posted on 04/22/2017 10:11:34 AM PDT by GOPJ (President Trump: NEVER RELEASE YOUR TAX RETURNS. Watching dem fascists go nuts is fun.)
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To: dangerdoc

Even John Kerry was using iPads to send e-mails:

[ “Emails released by the State Department on Friday show that in 2011, then-Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry sent then-Sec. of State Hillary Clinton an email from his iPad that has been deemed to contain information classified as Secret.

“The kicker is that Kerry sent Clinton the information from his iPad, a communications device that would have been much more vulnerable to hackers than an encrypted communications system.”]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/30/state-dept-records-show-john-kerry-sent-hillary-a-secret-email-from-his-ipad/


69 posted on 04/22/2017 10:20:04 AM PDT by realsmith (iPadGate)
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To: realsmith
Other things you can learn from DCMemo:

Barron Trump could be next family member to join White House as Cyber Czar

Senate Democrats will read Koran during Gorsuch filibuster

Hillary will be the next mayor of New York

Stop posting fake news.

These idiots have as much access to "White House Insiders" as you or I do.

70 posted on 04/22/2017 10:21:29 AM PDT by x
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To: BenLurkin

arrest the bastard


71 posted on 04/22/2017 10:25:37 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: PJBankard

Yes and no. Your post is essentially correct but recall what we learned from Hillary’s Server fiasco.

The Hildebeast had underlings strip the gist of official transmissions from their classified signage and resend to her using private email over WiFi. She defeated the security measures that were in place to protect the classified materials and used her official government status to accomplish it.


72 posted on 04/22/2017 10:35:51 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: realsmith

Don’t worry ,he doesn’t know how to use it ,he’s just taking pictures and playing games


73 posted on 04/22/2017 10:45:27 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: 9YearLurker

I agree! Barry, you are no longer a teenager.

Can you imagine if President Trump were to wear a MAGA cap backwards? IInconceivable.


74 posted on 04/22/2017 10:55:54 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Phil DiBasquette

Ok so you can hardline an iPad if you buy a bunch of silly accessories. I don’t see Obama having the intellectual know how to get it to work. Which brings me back to my point of the US Government does not use Wifi for their classified networks.


75 posted on 04/22/2017 11:12:35 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: Bryan24

Nope. Classified networks are not configured with wireless access points. No WIFI.


76 posted on 04/22/2017 11:14:39 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: realsmith

Disable account and take it back.


77 posted on 04/22/2017 11:14:57 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rockrr

Yes, but that had nothing to do with WiFi. The details were likely copied over from the classified network via removable storage (not WiFi), stripped of any relevant markings and sent.


78 posted on 04/22/2017 11:16:56 AM PDT by PJBankard
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To: realsmith

Jeez, if I mistakenly went home with a pair of handcuffs, or a set of keys from work, I’d get a call from the arsenal officer, and would have to go all the way back to turn them in. Here Obama takes a top secret iPad, and nobody says “boo?”


79 posted on 04/22/2017 11:20:43 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: boycott
"I hope he gets a flesh eating virus or struck by lighting the next time he tells a lie."

He's more likely to die from a gerbil anal implant.

80 posted on 04/22/2017 11:22:07 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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