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hookaleft

(1,141 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 04:55 PM Yesterday

Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "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.

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https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-situation-room-tapes-haberman-swan-regime-change

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Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" (Original Post) hookaleft Yesterday OP
Just check Vance's cellphone. Ocelot II Yesterday #1
shithole and comrades.................. Lovie777 Yesterday #2
Good... 2naSalit Yesterday #3
the American people don't know either FalloutShelter Yesterday #4
Horrid stuff gets dribbled out everyday and lost in the shuffle questionseverything Yesterday #8
Disagree FalloutShelter 23 hrs ago #10
Maggie Haberman doesn't have top secret clearance, so she wasn't at the meetings FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #14
And they let that out of the box? Makes me want to buy the book! Vinca Yesterday #5
That's what the authors hope for. Raven123 Yesterday #7
Like this ultra-secure situation room at Mar-a-Lago? tanyev Yesterday #6
Exactly. The SCIF that isn't a SCIF at all. paleotn 23 hrs ago #11
Trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #9
TY & who would leak these recordings. Cha 22 hrs ago #13
None of these clowns follow protocol. They probably had their private cells with them along with a couple MLAA 22 hrs ago #16
Thanks... Somebody Cha 22 hrs ago #21
That's Pence in the photo, among others. BadgerMom 22 hrs ago #22
The intel service of freaking Senegal could gather near real time data from these morons. paleotn 23 hrs ago #12
Oh I'm sure it was Hegseth D_Master81 22 hrs ago #15
My thoughts exactly ToxMarz 22 hrs ago #19
Call me crazy, but I think aides using the situation room to discuss covering up Buddyzbuddy 22 hrs ago #17
We don't know that they don't or won't have some of those as well ToxMarz 22 hrs ago #20
oh great, for a book. Not like there's any reason to report on it. themaguffin 22 hrs ago #18
If 2 NYT reporters have this is it a stretch to think that the Russians or the Chinese or the NoMoreRepugs 21 hrs ago #23
Every Spy Agency In The World 2na fisherman 21 hrs ago #24

Lovie777

(24,213 posts)
2. shithole and comrades..................
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 04:59 PM
Yesterday

dumb and dumber.....................

I rest my case.

FalloutShelter

(14,707 posts)
4. the American people don't know either
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:08 PM
Yesterday

because… PAY DAY!
The book deal comes first before the welfare of the nation.
Just pisses me off.


questionseverything

(12,187 posts)
8. Horrid stuff gets dribbled out everyday and lost in the shuffle
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:28 PM
Yesterday

A book that gives background, context along with a thousand interviews should be a permanent record of the current administration’s illegal conduct

FakeNoose

(42,827 posts)
14. Maggie Haberman doesn't have top secret clearance, so she wasn't at the meetings
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:48 PM
22 hrs ago

Someone else who DOES have clearance was secretly recording the sessions and feeding them to Haberman.
I mean, how else could she have gotten them? This is a HUGE security breach.

paleotn

(22,986 posts)
11. Exactly. The SCIF that isn't a SCIF at all.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:26 PM
23 hrs ago

The lack of security is mind blowing. He might as well be in the middle of the Mar-a-Lardo dining room for all to hear.

LetMyPeopleVote

(183,453 posts)
9. Trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:54 PM
23 hrs ago

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.

Cha

(321,349 posts)
13. TY & who would leak these recordings.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:39 PM
22 hrs ago

Any speculation on that?

And, I thought Haberman was a Traitor person. covered for him?

MLAA

(19,844 posts)
16. None of these clowns follow protocol. They probably had their private cells with them along with a couple
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:04 PM
22 hrs ago

burners that were hacked.

Cha

(321,349 posts)
21. Thanks... Somebody
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:10 PM
22 hrs ago

close to the evil power wanted to betray the PEDO regime.

BadgerMom

(3,449 posts)
22. That's Pence in the photo, among others.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:15 PM
22 hrs ago

I guess Raw Story put any old file photo atop the post. But it’s lazy journalism.

paleotn

(22,986 posts)
12. The intel service of freaking Senegal could gather near real time data from these morons.
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:33 PM
23 hrs ago

We are so fucked in so many ways.

D_Master81

(2,734 posts)
15. Oh I'm sure it was Hegseth
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:50 PM
22 hrs ago

Probably put the reporters on a super secret group chat with all the top secret info being thrown around

ToxMarz

(3,134 posts)
19. My thoughts exactly
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:07 PM
22 hrs ago

He was probably drunk and thought it would be a flex to livestream it to his buddies on his 'secure' personal android phone.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,987 posts)
17. Call me crazy, but I think aides using the situation room to discuss covering up
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:04 PM
22 hrs ago

more crimes committed by the Felon might be the more important issue.

ToxMarz

(3,134 posts)
20. We don't know that they don't or won't have some of those as well
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:10 PM
22 hrs ago

But this is about what they do have not what they wish they had.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,286 posts)
23. If 2 NYT reporters have this is it a stretch to think that the Russians or the Chinese or the
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 07:49 PM
21 hrs ago

Israelis might also have access to these “leaked”conversations at a minimum??

2na fisherman

(387 posts)
24. Every Spy Agency In The World
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:05 PM
21 hrs ago

...is probably targeting this dangerous regime because of its unstable President. Friend and foe alike need to know what he is up to since he is capable of blowing up the whole world in order to secure his place in history as the one who started WWIII. He may relish the infamy as his final act since he knows he can never have the respect of genuine world leaders. He seems to be the kind of man who would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven. Perhaps more serious leaks about the degree of his insanity will be a catalyst to remove him from office before it's too late.

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