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    ‘People are scared’: Paranoia seizes Trump’s White House

    Paranoia strikes deep - Some are reportedly having nightmares about Sean Spicer asking them to drop their phones into a basket

    A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government.

    In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described a litany of suspicions: that rival factions in the administration are trying to embarrass them, that civil servants opposed to President Donald Trump are trying to undermine him, and even that a “deep state” of career military and intelligence officials is out to destroy them.

    Aides are going to great lengths to protect themselves. They’re turning off work-issued smartphones and putting them in drawers when they arrive home from work out of fear that they could be used to eavesdrop. They’re staying mum in meetings out of concern that their comments could be leaked to the press by foes.

    Many are using encrypted apps that automatically delete messages once they’ve been read, or are leaving their personal cellphones at home in case their bosses initiate phone checks of the sort that press secretary Sean Spicer deployed last month to try to identify leakers on his team.

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    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...aranoia-236069

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    They are hunting for the leakers.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    They are hunting for the leakers.
    Of course - and most of these people are smart enough not to get caught.

    Leaks are great - as long as they're truthful right Pete?


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    The leakers are the "golden shower girls" from Russia!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    They are hunting for the leakers.
    They are hunting for witches.
    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as

    Barbie Q’s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    They are hunting for the leakers.
    Thanks for teaching him about real life petey
    LETS GO BRANDON
    F Joe Biden

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    They are hunting for witches.
    They are hunting for left over maggots from the obama admin
    LETS GO BRANDON
    F Joe Biden

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    I think that's why Nunes went straight to the Whitehouse ... catching Trumpf off-guard ... because no one else can be trusted.
    'How and Why ?' ~ Einstein

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    I have friends in DC who've been there for the entirety of their careers. "Cluster F" perfectly describes the atmosphere. Grand uncertainty as to who's in charge of anything. More meetings than one thought possible in a city known for its meetings. It's quickly becoming "snitch city". Glad I'm here, not there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    They are hunting for left over maggots from the obama admin
    They are hunting for true American Patriots.
    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as

    Barbie Q’s

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