White House Officials Warned By NSA Against Using Personal Email
Politico reported that senior White House officials were briefed and warned by the National Security Agency that improper use of personal cellphones and email could make them “vulnerable to espionage by Russia, China, Iran and other adversaries.”
These meetings included Jared Kushner, who’s under investigation for using personal email for official business.
The briefings were held in the White House Situation Room because of the sensitivity of the topics discussed right after the Inauguration.
“Jared is probably one of the top five or 10 targets in the U.S. government because of his access to the president and because of the portfolios he’s been given,” said Richard Clarke, a former top cybersecurity advisor to three presidents.
“It’s a pretty safe bet that his personal devices have been compromised by foreign intelligence services. And therefore there is some risk that meetings he attends are compromised too.”
A second former U.S. intelligence official told Politico that the NSA briefers understand how cyberespionage campaigns work because they conduct similar operations against others.
“I’ve moved heaven and earth to get into the unclassified accounts of legitimate intelligence targets around the world,” the former official said.
“Just because he thinks it’s unclassified doesn’t mean it does not contain information of great value to us.”
Jared Kushner Is Under Investigation For Use Of Private Email
