Sensitive Docs Including Wh Floor Plans Shared With Thousands: Report

[KARAH RUCKER]

BIDEN AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS MISTAKENLY SHARED SENSITIVE FILES WITH THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY CLASSIFIED WHITE HOUSE FLOOR PLANS.

THE REVELATIONS COMING IN A REPORT SUNDAY BY THE WASHINGTON POST, WHICH FOUND THE BREACH THROUGH AN INTERNAL RECORDS REVIEW. 

THE WASHINGTON POST REVEALS WORKERS AT THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, WHICH OVERSEES MOST ADMINISTRATIVE AND I-T SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WERE AT FAULT FOR SHARING THE SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. THE MISTAKE REPORTEDLY LED TO A “CYBERSECURITY REPORT” AND PROBE LAST WEEK.

THE POST REPORTS, CAREER G-S-A WORKERS UNINTENTIONALLY SHARED A GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER HOLDING SENSITIVE FILES WITH MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND-TWO-HUNDRED G-S-A EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING  A BLUEPRINT PLAN OF A BLAST DOOR FOR THE WHITE HOUSE VISITORS CENTER AND BANKING INFORMATION FOR A VENDOR WORKING WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THE DOCUMENTS DID NOT DETAIL WHETHER THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS OR BANK ACCOUNT INFO WERE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, BUT NINE OF THE 15 FILES WERE DESIGNATED AS “CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION” WHILE AT LEAST 10 OF THOSE FILES ALLOWED THOUSANDS OF G-S-A WORKERS TO EDIT INFORMATION WITHIN THEM.

THIS REPORT COMES AFTER TOP U-S DEFENSE OFFICIALS MISTAKENLY ADDED THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE ATLANTIC TO A SIGNAL GROUP CHAT ON YEMEN AIRSTRIKE PLANS, AS WELL AS A FRESH REPORT DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH ALSO ALLEGEDLY SENT THOSE STRIKE PLANS TO FAMILY MEMBERS AND HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY AS WELL. 

HEGSETH ADDRESSED THE REPORT MONDAY.

PETE HEGSETH, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

YOU KNOW, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE THAT A BUNCH OF, A FEW LEAKERS GET FIRED AND SUDDENLY A BUNCH OF HIT PIECES COME OUT FROM THE SAME MEDIA THAT PEDDLED THE RUSSIA HOAX. 

SEE, THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA DOES. THEY TAKE ANONYMOUS SOURCES FROM DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEES, AND THEN THEY TRY TO SLASH AND BURN PEOPLE AND RUIN THEIR REPUTATIONS. NOT GOING TO WORK WITH ME.

THE LATEST CASE, HOWEVER, SPANS AT LEAST FOUR YEARS, SHOWING A HISTORY OF IMPROPER HANDLING OF SENSITIVE FILES BY BOTH THE BIDEN AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS. THE FINDINGS ALSO COME AFTER A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOUND LAST YEAR, PRESIDENT BIDEN, IMPROPERLY STORED CLASSIFIED PAPER IN HIS HOME. 

THE GOOGLE DRIVE DOCUMENTS WERE REPORTEDLY SHARED AS EARLY AS 2021 AND CONTINUED INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WITH ONE FILE SHARED AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK.

NEITHER THE G-S-A NOR THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE COMMENTED ON THE REPORT.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER IS REPORTEDLY ONGOING AND THE DOCUMENTS IN QUESTION ARE NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE TO MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND EMPLOYEES.

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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M KARAH RUCKER.