EPA chief getting his own $25,000 sound-proof booth

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Source: cnn



Updated 6:00 PM ET, Tue September 26, 2017
EPA moving agents to provide 24/7 security

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Washington (CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is known for mandating note-free meetings, he's the only administrator to have requested his 24/7 own security detail and now he's about to have his own sound-proof booth.
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The booth, also known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), will be a customized model for Pruitt to conduct meetings, calls and other lines of communication undisturbed, according to the Post.
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"They had a lot of modifications," said Steve Snider, an acoustic sales consultant with the company, told the Post. "Their main goal was they wanted essentially a secure phone booth that couldn't be breached from a data point of view or from someone standing outside eavesdropping."

The EPA did not respond to multiple requests for comment from CNN.

Pruitt has taken several unusual steps regarding security and meetings at EPA. It's been reported that the administrator, who prefers to interact with just the political appointees inside the agency, has banned note-taking during meetings and also recently requested funds for round-the-clock bodyguards.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/pruitt-sound-proof-booth/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool

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24/7 bodyguards, sound proof rooms, no note taking!! What is this?? This is the EPA for christs sake!



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[ThoughtCriminal]

1. So which coal baron gets to try it out first?

Once in the cone of silence, Pruitt gets to explain that bribes are really not necessary, but...

[LudwigPastorius]

8. Yep.

Since the CEOs seeking "regulatory relief" ran out of pallets of cash to be left across the street behind the dumpster at the Smithsonian, Pruitt has to give out the offshore account numbers under completely secure conditions.

[Lindsay]

2. "Cone of Silence"

was the first thing I thought of when I read that.

(Which says more about my age than anything else, I guess.)

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Yeah, "cone of silence" was my first thought

as well. Honestly, you cannot make this stuff up.

[dhill926]

3. should tar and feather the fuck......

[KT2000]

5. this administration believes

they are exalted rulers. They are insane.

[Akoto]

6. Not only does this have obvious implications about the kind of business they want to do...

It's ultimately a pointless waste of money. There isn't a security system in existence a smart person hasn't been able to defeat in some way.

They'll justify it, I'm sure, as a method of overcoming leakers they otherwise can't pin down.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Gee I wonder what could be so secret?

[Delphinus]

15. Yes,

it's the EPA for goodness sake - why should they need such tactics? Why not transparency? What and with whom will secret stuff be discussed? It really seems VERY odd.

[weissmam]

9. Nut Job

[mdbl]

10. LOCK HIM UP! He has to be doing something illegal

what a fucking weirdo.

[not fooled]

12. Oh, yeah

Can you imagine if the EPA chief under President Obama had done this? The faux-bots would be screaming at the top of their lungs. Of course, pruitt's gotta hide what he's up to not only from the media but also from his own employees, at least the good ones that are still there.

[They_Live]

11. Does he think no one will

notice the results of his secret conversations and meetings? You work for the people.

[cstanleytech]

13. Sounds like they are trying to prevent anything incriminating from being uncovered by a

subpoena which notes from a meeting might contain thus the ban on said notes.

[oxbow]

14. The EPA is where they will make $$$

Selling off environmental protections to the highest bidder. They're shameless..This should be illegal in an agency Set up to protect people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Pruitt wants no evidence for when he repeatedly sells Americans' birthrights: clean land, air, water

[riversedge]

17. He will leave Gov a very rich man IMHO

[Beartracks]

18. Seems legit.

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[melm00se]

19. As I understand it

SCIFs are used when discussing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) which is
classified Secret or Top Secret information that is derived from intelligence sources, methods or
analytical processes.

I don't see this really applying to the EPA.

[Hugin]

20. Question, will it also be air tight?

Asking for a friend.

[area51]

21. lmao at the "Cone of Silence" references

Well, it'll save the American taxpayer money ....