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23. I'm going with Door #2. That was awfully slick. And the agent? What?!

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Fri Mar 17, 2017, 12:51 PM

Mar 2017

Who leaves anything valuable in a car that can just be popped open that fast?

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Laptop holding Trump Tower floor plans, Hillary Clinton email investigation info stolen from Secret [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 OP

Sounds suspicious to me. C Moon Mar 2017 #1

I don't doubt that part. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #4

Happens much more often than you think... Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #17

One of our management team had his stolen by a car pulling up alongside them, SharonAnn Mar 2017 #87

So they must follow people getting into their cars with laptops. Wow. I had no idea. :O C Moon Mar 2017 #88

Obama plotted this from his bunker, right? Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #2

Thanks, Obama. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #14

Naw, man! volstork Mar 2017 #74

Not to mention tenorly Mar 2017 #91

LOL-- but I thought the Republicans were the lizard people Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #95

Oh Brother. Please don't post tabloid press articles here. KWR65 Mar 2017 #3

Sorry. I saw no other source. I had reservations too. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #5

You're thinking New York Post? dalton99a Mar 2017 #7

Welcome to DU Renew Deal Mar 2017 #19

Sure am glad we didn't elect the candidate with the private email server. mac56 Mar 2017 #6

Phew, yep, sure glad we got better than that. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #41

did anyone do polling on how many people were swayed by that story? yurbud Mar 2017 #76

lol yeah Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #77

umm.. Seems like the thief had to know the Sec Service lived there............. riversedge Mar 2017 #8

Yes! Her pattern was already known, perhaps of going home then Hortensis Mar 2017 #81

Why does a Secret Service agent have information about Hillary Clintons email investigation Mr. Sparkle Mar 2017 #9

My question also? NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #15

Agree, smells like a real fish tale. ATL Ebony Mar 2017 #59

Huh? Everybody uses Uber these days 7962 Mar 2017 #21

My thoughts exactly concerning Uber. lapucelle Mar 2017 #51

The Uber comment didnt make sense Mr. Sparkle Mar 2017 #70

Associating Uber with millennials is what makes no sense to me. Where do you even get that? ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #90

Exactly my question. n/t pnwmom Mar 2017 #67

This makes NO SENSE karynnj Mar 2017 #10

That's the key question. Why does Secret Service have Clinton Email Investigation records? TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #29

The exact question I was getting ready to ask. . . ET Awful Mar 2017 #58

They read them not fooled Mar 2017 #86

Why would they leave the car unlocked with a laptop inside?? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #60

Exactly. This is a setup. Occulus Mar 2017 #85

It sounds like the thief knew the agent, or at least had been observing the agent. ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #92

Looks like major distraction material to me. This should create "Breaking" FOX News for weeks. jalan48 Mar 2017 #11

Please Botany Mar 2017 #12

1) Why would they state the contents of the laptop?; 2) The drives should be fully encrypted, right? TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #13

I'm no IT expert, but mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #16

My crystal ball says there will be a Hillary Clinton EMail Document dump implicating her w/BENGHAZI! TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #26

I'll go to Radio Shack and buy a blank tape. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #27

This is a fun OP, thanks! TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #30

Yep, Beta is best!!! RKP5637 Mar 2017 #39

My wife has hundreds of beta tapes lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #49

I have some Beta tapes and at least one Zenith VCR, that my father bought in 1982. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #52

So a thief uses Uber? I'd go with your #2 theory 7962 Mar 2017 #18

Unless he has diplomatic immunity. lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #50

Ahhhhhhhhh! 7962 Mar 2017 #89

I imagine that any hard drive is encrypted Renew Deal Mar 2017 #20

One would think so. It's hard to imagine they would carry around un-encrypted laptops or RKP5637 Mar 2017 #36

But if they do... Renew Deal Mar 2017 #38

It'll be more entertainment time!!! SNL is gonna be on overload they have so much material to RKP5637 Mar 2017 #48

Hard to imagine that an SS agent has need for Hillary Clinton investigation info. n/t pnwmom Mar 2017 #68

"Let's go get sushi and not pay." mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #22

I'm going with Door #2. That was awfully slick. And the agent? What?! Hekate Mar 2017 #23

Secret Service Field office... brooklynite Mar 2017 #24

If you like winter sports, there could be worse duty stations. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #28

Taking Uber to a crime? Isn't that just asking to be traced? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #25

"Sure. I have it right here. 'Boris Badenov.'" mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #31

Can you be completely anonymous on Uber? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #40

Uber and Lyft could be supoenaed to provide all drop offs at that time and location IronLionZion Mar 2017 #61

My money is on GCHQ - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #66

The article didn't identify it as an Uber vehicle. Just that it might have been a driving service. Texin Mar 2017 #72

The Secret Service had their scandals under the Obama administration... thesquanderer Mar 2017 #32

"Pisstain" isn't going to be happy when he and "Mail Orders" secret service code names are leaked! brewens Mar 2017 #33

Why would there be information about the investigation into Clinton's email account... Lochloosa Mar 2017 #34

How did it become known what was on the laptop? ymetca Mar 2017 #35

Probably locked with a seriously difficult password. MineralMan Mar 2017 #37

Where's the police report? Where are the videos? This is more fakery! Ford_Prefect Mar 2017 #42

The New York Daily... FarPoint Mar 2017 #43

The drive was encrypted, right? lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #44

This is what happens when you fire everybody FakeNoose Mar 2017 #45

Someday all of this will make a truly great movie. gordianot Mar 2017 #46

I don't even leave my iPad in the car riverwalker Mar 2017 #47

Now, why would Secret Service have info on Clinton's emails? Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #53

Tell me there's a tracking feature. Laptop must have been baited. A physical Trojan Horse? WheelWalker Mar 2017 #54

Why would a secret service agent have info about Clinton's email? Trump Tower makes total sense. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #55

A few Russians have been spotted safeinOhio Mar 2017 #56

ABC News reporting it too blitzburgh55 Mar 2017 #57

suspicious enid602 Mar 2017 #62

weren't some of the NY FBI branch doing some interferring during the election.... KewlKat Mar 2017 #63

fbi enid602 Mar 2017 #64

Saw the story on ABC. I want to know what the fuck they mean by they can wipe the drive "if needed" JTFrog Mar 2017 #65

Too specific poli-junkie Mar 2017 #69

+1000 truthisfreedom Mar 2017 #73

Maybe FBI would have NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #71

remember odd security breaches early on with Obama? yurbud Mar 2017 #75

UPDATE: Additional sensitive items takes (per Politico) brooklynite Mar 2017 #78

So I guess the Secret Service now has to foot the bill for a Trump Tower remodel. briv1016 Mar 2017 #79

Tee-hee -- Good thinking. ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #93

Why would it have HRC email investigation info on it? This is a ruse... LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #80

The thief seemed to be well informed Valhallakey Mar 2017 #82

Has anyone accounted for James O'Keefe and Roger Stone's whereabouts at the time of the incident? tanyev Mar 2017 #83

This is a setup. Occulus Mar 2017 #84

I thought that right away, too. R B Garr Mar 2017 #94

Russians are still out there helping Donald Trump. UCmeNdc Mar 2017 #96

Its unbelievable Paapa1 Mar 2017 #97

welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2017 #98

No, you're right, these are scary times Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #99