Sean Spicer's leak search of his staffers' phones was immediately leaked, and Twitter is loving it - Polidicks

[t]http://cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/19/09/1909c38bc711695ae3fe2b20def7da40.jpg[/t] [quote] These are not great times to be White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Between some of the controversy he’s generated personally this week (namely, barring a number of major news outlets from his press gaggle), and the seemingly endless slew of controversies that have plagued the Donald Trump administration in its first month, all of which he has to answer for in his daily briefings, it’s no surprise that things are getting a little tense around his office these days. But nonetheless, a report by Politico is generating disbelief, concern, and ridicule in nearly equal measure: Spicer reportedly held a surprise search of his staffers’ phones to try to ferret out leakers. A fact which, of course, immediately leaked. According to Karni’s report, staffers were unexpectedly called into Spicer’s office last week, where they were ordered to leave their phones and mobile devices on a table to be searched to ensure “they had nothing to hide.” The process was reportedly overseen by White House lawyers, and Spicer followed it up with a warning that there would be “more problems” if any reports regarding the phone check leaked. In other words, there are now more problems. [/quote] [URL="http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/sean-spicer-leak-hunt-immediately-leaks/"]Daily Dot[/URL] [media]https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/835924490991374338[/media] This administration is a circus. First, the leaks aren't real, then we have this?

I feel like whoever is leaking everything is doing it for their own amusement at this point, imagine Spicer's face after this, I'd absolutely risk my job just to see his reaction.

At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.

[QUOTE=Whoaly;51879463]At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.[/QUOTE] Sounds Stalin-esque

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51879466]Sounds Stalin-esque[/QUOTE] purge early, purge often.

[QUOTE=Whoaly;51879463]At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.[/QUOTE] (re)confirmed troll

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;51879507](re)confirmed troll[/QUOTE] Nope, just really pissed-off.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51879466]Sounds Stalin-esque[/QUOTE] Stalin purged people who disagreed with him. These folks are just making everybody else's job more difficult, not to mention breaking the law. I'm not in favor of purging government employees (not here, not yet) but it would certainly be an open option.

Note: in other administrations this would be seriously bad, and I would have recommended a huge disciplinary spree, But this is Trump's administration.

Can he just get fired and replaced by Alex Jones. I'd watch Cspan all day.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;51879532]Can he just get fired and replaced by Alex Jones. I'd watch Cspan all day.[/QUOTE] alex jones as the press secretary would be absolutely incredible

Plot twist: Spicer is the leak.

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879527]Stalin purged people who disagreed with him. These folks are just making everybody else's job more difficult, not to mention breaking the law. I'm not in favor of purging government employees (not here, not yet) [B]but it would certainly be an open option[/B].[/QUOTE] what

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879527]Stalin purged people who disagreed with him. These folks are just making everybody else's job more difficult, not to mention breaking the law. I'm not in favor of purging government employees (not here, not yet) but it would certainly be an open option.[/QUOTE] Stalin didn't stop at people that simply disagreed with him. He purged anyone that dared to overshadow his ego. And when said person was too important to kill (Like, say, some of the generals responsible for the Soviet victory over the Germans), he would simply send them somewhere else, where they would do no harm to his own cult of personality. These people are doing the right thing, even if it isn't the [I]correct[/I] thing to do (Which is to keep their lips sealed)

[QUOTE=Whoaly;51879463]At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.[/QUOTE] Problem is that it's not just the career bureaucrats in the various departments, but also his staff in the White House. It wasn't the Intelligence Community, or the Justice Department's doing when exact transcripts of his calls with foreign leaders were leaked. That had to have been at the very top of the White House.

[QUOTE=Whoaly;51879463]At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.[/QUOTE] holy shit this is a new low, even for you

[QUOTE=Complifusedv2;51879610]what[/QUOTE] It would certainly be an open option. The option could be left open. I'm not sure what you're looking for.

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879688]It would certainly be an open option. The option could be left open. I'm not sure what you're looking for.[/QUOTE] The point is, that this is the [B]United States[/B] we are talking about Just like torture, the United States, as a political and social entity, should [B][I]never[/I][/B] consider the purge of government employees that disagree with its politics as an "open option". Because it goes against everything America, as an ideal, claims to represent

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879688]It would certainly be an open option. The option could be left open. I'm not sure what you're looking for.[/QUOTE] You call it an open option, but the history books would record it as one of the key stages in the US's decent into fascism, alongside the war on the media and the judiciary.

[QUOTE=T553412;51879707]The point is, that this is the [B]United States[/B] we are talking about Just like torture, the United States, as a political and social entity, should [B][I]never[/I][/B] consider the purge of government employees that disagree with its politics as an "open option". Because it goes against everything America, as an ideal, claims to represent[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;51879714]You call it an open option, but the history books would record it as one of the key stages in the US's decent into fascism, alongside the war on the media and the judiciary.[/QUOTE] Pump the breaks, I'm not saying we should go about purging dissidents. Leakers are breaking the law though, and sometimes impeding the function of the government. I'm saying they should be identified--aggressively so--and fired.

[QUOTE=T553412;51879707]The point is, that this is the [B]United States[/B] we are talking about Just like torture, the United States, as a political and social entity, should [B][I]never[/I][/B] consider the purge of government employees that disagree with its politics as an "open option". Because it goes against everything America, as an ideal, claims to represent[/QUOTE] yea I have a feeling that chonch's definition of purge is different from the russian one :v:

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879719]Pump the breaks, I'm not saying we should go about purging dissidents. Leakers are breaking the law though, and sometimes impeding the function of the government. I'm saying they should be identified--aggressively so--and fired.[/QUOTE] Where's the outrage for Wikileaks leaking so many thing? When did leaks become a bad thing?

[QUOTE=Whoaly;51879463]At this point I'd say the only way Trump's administration can survive is to literally purge and replace everyone in the whole government, even if that means appointing people like Sargon of Akkad to key posts.[/QUOTE] Wait, you're being serious, aren't you? Edit: the amount of people who equivalate submission to authority with patriotism disgusts me.

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;51879733]Where's the outrage for Wikileaks leaking so many thing? When did leaks become a bad thing?[/QUOTE] It's only a bad thing when it's politically inconvenient for their team. Since the executive branch of the US government has proven it cannot be trusted by any rational metric, the 'law' is a poor excuse to condemn those who share critical information on their activities with the public - a public the government is supposed to serve.

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;51879733]Where's the outrage for Wikileaks leaking so many thing? When did leaks become a bad thing?[/QUOTE] It's bad when it undermines the government operationally. Who do you go after in those cases? Hillary's a dead end and the DNC is a private organization. This comparison doesn't hold any weight outside of that superficial observation.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;51879540]alex jones as the press secretary would be absolutely incredible[/QUOTE] I'd buy tickets for that show

If you're going to sit here and straight face say that the election leaks and probable/more than likely foreign influence don't/didn't/can't "undermine the government operationally" you're either completely delusional or lying through your teeth because they 100% do/did/would. Come on dude.

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879759]It's bad when it undermines the government operationally. Who do you go after in those cases? Hillary's a dead end and the DNC is a private organization. This comparison doesn't hold any weight outside of that superficial observation.[/QUOTE] Undermines them how? By showing the ineptitude of the leadership? By revealing idiotic policies before official announcements? How exactly is spreading accurate information affecting the effectiveness of the government? [QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;51879785]If you're going to sit here and straight face say that the election leaks and probable/more than likely foreign influence don't/didn't/can't "undermine the government operationally" you're either completely delusional or lying through your teeth because they 100% do/did/would. Come on dude.[/QUOTE] He's completely delusional, watch him selectively quote this part of the statement because it's easier to fight against.

[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;51879785]If you're going to sit here and straight face say that the election leaks and probable/more than likely foreign influence don't/didn't "undermine the government operationally" you're either completely delusional or lying through your teeth. Come on dude.[/QUOTE] That's a pretty limited set of options. I don't mean to get too far off topic, but what did those leaks even do other than [I]maybe[/i] throw the election to Trump? [QUOTE=Big Bang;51879791]selectively quote[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Chonch;51879759]It's bad when it undermines the government operationally. Who do you go after in those cases? Hillary's a dead end and the DNC is a private organization. This comparison doesn't hold any weight outside of that superficial observation.[/QUOTE] Do you want an opaque government where you have no idea what's going on behind closed doors? What happened to wanting transparency in government?