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hookaleft

(1,148 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2026, 04:55 PM Sunday

Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" [View all]

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" [View all] hookaleft Sunday OP

Just check Vance's cellphone. Ocelot II Sunday #1

shithole and comrades.................. Lovie777 Sunday #2

Good... 2naSalit Sunday #3

the American people don't know either FalloutShelter Sunday #4

Horrid stuff gets dribbled out everyday and lost in the shuffle questionseverything Sunday #8

Disagree FalloutShelter Sunday #10

Maggie Haberman doesn't have top secret clearance, so she wasn't at the meetings FakeNoose Sunday #14

And they let that out of the box? Makes me want to buy the book! Vinca Sunday #5

That's what the authors hope for. Raven123 Sunday #7

Like this ultra-secure situation room at Mar-a-Lago? tanyev Sunday #6

Exactly. The SCIF that isn't a SCIF at all. paleotn Sunday #11

Trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #9

TY & who would leak these recordings. Cha Sunday #13

None of these clowns follow protocol. They probably had their private cells with them along with a couple MLAA Sunday #16

Thanks... Somebody Cha Sunday #21

That's Pence in the photo, among others. BadgerMom Sunday #22

The intel service of freaking Senegal could gather near real time data from these morons. paleotn Sunday #12

Oh I'm sure it was Hegseth D_Master81 Sunday #15

My thoughts exactly ToxMarz Sunday #19

Call me crazy, but I think aides using the situation room to discuss covering up Buddyzbuddy Sunday #17

We don't know that they don't or won't have some of those as well ToxMarz Sunday #20

oh great, for a book. Not like there's any reason to report on it. themaguffin Sunday #18

If 2 NYT reporters have this is it a stretch to think that the Russians or the Chinese or the NoMoreRepugs Sunday #23

Every Spy Agency In The World 2na fisherman Sunday #24