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OK. I have what is possibly a dumb question, but why is it even possible to connect to the open internet, much less send a tweet, from what I assume is supposed to be a SCIF or some similarly secure room?

Surely the answer can't be that no one ever considered a sitting President would expose classified intelligence just to shitpost on Iran?

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That’s exactly what the answer is, unfortunately. Nobody ever thought things could get this stupid. As an American and as someone who’s had to deal with classified materials, this really sucks.

> but why is it even possible to connect to the open internet, much less send a tweet, from what I assume is supposed to be a SCIF or some similarly secure room?

Just curious, how do you know this was tweeted from a SCIF?

I don't actually know, I just assume any classified briefing like this has to take place in a SCIF or someplace at least shielded from RF leakage. I may be naive, though.

I was wondering, as I thought it was something in one of the other article that I had missed. But yeah that would be pretty serious if it was the case.

I'm not sure this is true. As the president is the original authority for classified information, he can probably ask for classified briefings in non classified areas or terminals.

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