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The report by Haberman and Swan is so detailed that it may be that they have copies of the recordings of these meetings
Trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report #RawStory
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-14T13:36:05.000Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-situation-room-haberman-axios/
The outlet reported White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained tapes of Situation Room discussions for their book "Regime Change," due out June 23. Independent recording devices are forbidden in the room, which Axios noted would make such a leak "a shocking breach" of one of the world's most protected settings.
The dread inside the West Wing is as much about the unknown as the known. "We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded," one administration source told Axios. "And we have no idea which ones."
The alarm was triggered by book excerpts the Times posted ahead of publication, which included verbatim accounts of several Situation Room meetings on the Iran war and the Epstein files. Axios reported that the authors conducted more than 1,000 interviews for the book, a chronicle of Trump's second term.
Tellingly, Axios noted, White House officials have not disputed the accuracy of the quoted dialogue including a blunt moment in which Secretary of State Marco Rubio waved off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's regime-change scenarios for Iran. "In other words, it's bull----," Rubio said, according to the account.
Trump himself is "furious" about the blow-by-blow reconstructions of the top-secret talks, per Axios.
Attilatheblond
(9,416 posts)Swell, more reasons to be unable to sleep at night
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2naSalit
(104,454 posts)The fact that they are squirming and just about at the hair on fire stage!
irisblue
(38,089 posts)Obligatory Habermann is a bad human and a money grubber.
bucolic_frolic
(56,209 posts)on history, institutions, courts, social media, M$M.
Free speech and free expression, an independent free press. I doubt this is accidental.
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,453 posts)SCOOP: Top White House officials believe NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their new book.
Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth.
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" #Axios
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-14T13:12:08.000Z
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-situation-room-tapes-haberman-swan-regime-change
Why it matters: Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth. Independent recording devices in the Situation Room are forbidden.
"We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded," an administration source told us. "And we have no idea which ones."
Verbatim accounts of several Situation Room meetings were included in excerpts about the Iran war and the Epstein files that The Times posted ahead of the book's June 23 publication. The authors conducted more than 1,000 interviews for "Regime Change," which covers Trump's second term.
Tellingly, White House officials haven't disputed verbatim dialogue from the top-secret Sit Room talks, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying about Bibi's regime-change scenarios for Iran: "In other words, it's bullshit."
We hear President Trump is furious about the blow-by-blow accounts.
LetMyPeopleVote
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