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LetMyPeopleVote

(183,453 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:55 PM 23 hrs ago

trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report

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/

Top Trump administration officials are gripped by fear that two reporters got their hands on audio recordings of meetings inside the White House Situation Room — one of the most secure rooms on the planet — for a forthcoming book, according to 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.

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trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago OP
These are the administration geniuses keeping the US safe? Attilatheblond 23 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba 23 hrs ago #2
I love... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #3
That image is from his first term, Pence & Milley are there. The book is from 2nd term irisblue 23 hrs ago #4
This is how a free society answers a regime trying to force mind control bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #5
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #6
These meetings should not have taken place in the Situation Room LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #7

Attilatheblond

(9,416 posts)
1. These are the administration geniuses keeping the US safe?
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:58 PM
23 hrs ago

Swell, more reasons to be unable to sleep at night

Response to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

irisblue

(38,089 posts)
4. That image is from his first term, Pence & Milley are there. The book is from 2nd term
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:06 PM
23 hrs ago

Obligatory Habermann is a bad human and a money grubber.

bucolic_frolic

(56,209 posts)
5. This is how a free society answers a regime trying to force mind control
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:42 PM
22 hrs ago

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)
6. Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change"
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:46 PM
22 hrs ago

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

Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, "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.

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