NOTE: A reminder as you read this article, President Trump has refused to use a secure cellphone because it was too much of a hassle for him.
The following article by Craig Timberg was posted on the Washington Post website June 1, 2018:
A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.
A Department of Homeland Security program discovered evidence of the surveillance devices, called IMSI catchers, as part of federal testing last year, according to a letter from DHS to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on May 22. The letter didn’t specify what entity operated the devices and left open the possibility that there could be alternative explanations for the suspicious cellular signals collected by the federal testing program last year. Continue reading “Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say”