Trump admin flunkies resort to new take on worn out GOP 'libs can't take a joke' theme

[Attilatheblond]

White House responds to report of Alaska summit papers left on public printer: ‘Hilarious’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5456381-white-house-responds-to-report-of-alaska-summit-papers-left-on-public-printer-hilarious/]

“It’s hilarious that NPR is publishing a multi-page lunch menu and calling it a ‘security breach,’” White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said in a Saturday statement to The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation. “This type of self-proclaimed ‘investigative journalism’ is why no one takes them seriously and they are no longer taxpayer-funded thanks to President Trump.”

NPR reported that the eight papers, which contained information about meetings and locations of the summit, along with phone numbers of three U.S. government workers, were found on a hotel printer before the Friday Trump-Putin meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage.

The first page of the papers showed the sequence of meetings for Friday, including information that the president would give Putin a gift. Pages two through five showed the names of the top U.S. and Russian officials in Alaska on Friday. Page two showed the phone numbers of three U.S. advance staffers. Pages six and seven showcased the lunch seating chart and the menu.

Yeah, the White House Boo-Boo-Clean-Up-Crew trying to brush off a security leak re meeting of leaders of the two most powerful nations as a menu? That sounds like 2025's version of the ol 'You libs can't take a joke' when a GOP pol trips over the foot he/she put in their own mouth.

[Hugin]

1. The fact the wrecking crew is already out pretty much proclaims there's more than smoke to this fire.

Putin gave Trump the five “Ws” in an order and the rubber mat gimp snapped to in his usual Benny Hill fashion.

[Ocelot II]

2. Those particular papers didn't contain state secrets, but the WH mouthpieces miss the point,

which is that if you're making copies for a significant WH event you don't ever make them on a public photocopier at all, because most modern printers store the images on an internal hard drive, which is a significant security risk. And don't make matters even worse by leaving the originals in the copier. Those papers did include the phone numbers of several WH aides, which shouldn't have been public. The documents themselves were pretty innocuous but that's beside the point. Whatever they were should not have been copied on a device available to the public.

[Attilatheblond]

3. Yep, meeting time/place info definately not state secrets, but leaving that info around is a security breach

The people Trump has on staff lack basic common sense. Guess he hires what he lives. Will be interesting to see what other stupid things they might engage in with many European leaders in town soon.

[newdeal2]

4. Seating chart seems pretty useful for bad actors

This is just more sloppy work from Trump’s best people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Right. Like aides think "This is not high security so I can leave it in the printer". Not the way to govern.

A documents handling lapse is a security lapse.

Security issue for Russians too when Russians are identified who might wish to avoid publicity or remain incognito.