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0083.htm      Mystic Star Presidential Global Communications   February 4, 2012

15 January 2012. Add 10 photos.

7 January 2012. Sharp critique of Obama's failure with phone security:

0021.htm      Obama Called a Moron at Phone Security   January 7, 2012

5 January 2012

Obama Phones

The telephone is likely Obama's primary means of personal, direct government. More private, intimate and persuasive than meetings, classified briefings, legislation and regulation signings, appointments, White House invites, travel, campaign tours, press releases, executive orders, mail, email, fax, TV, radio, photographs, Internet blogs, dining, applause, dance, sports, hugs, back pats, arm grabs, handshakes, baby holds, fist bumps, shout-outs, waves, finger points, grins, guffaws, chin tickles, jokes, punks, pardons, secret orders, medal awards, hospital-casket transfers-cemetary visits. Presumably all calls are recorded but not likely to be made public any time soon, thus may be the most secret of his service in office. These photos hide far more than they reveal -- as intended in defiance of democracy and open government.

Obama Phones

Jan. 21, 2009. “This was his first morning in the Oval Office as President of the United States. He was reading some briefing material before a meeting.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) [The wooden box left of the phone is an emergency call device, one of two in the Oval Office.]

On his first day in office, President Barack Obama speaks with a foreign leader in the Oval Office, Jan. 21, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama places a phone call at his desk in the Oval Office, Jan. 23, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [This is a Raytheon IST secure phone. http://www.telecore.com/products/ist2.html ]

President Barack Obama meets with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar aboard Air Force One during a flight to Denver, Col., Feb. 17, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Desk phone is a Cisco secure phone.]

[Phone at Oval Office seating area] President Obama has a briefing with a staff member prior to a phone call in the Oval Office, March 13, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama is seen at a meeting with his staff April 5, 2009, aboard Air Force One on a flight from Prague, Czech Republic en route to Ankara, Turkey. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama works with Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting, on the President's Normandy speech aboard Air Force One enroute to Paris on June 5, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama confers with Senior Advisor David Axelrod and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs at their hotel in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Enlarged from small image.]

President Barack Obama meets with John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, in the Oval Office, Jan. 4, 2010. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) [Two phones, top for secure, bottom White House phone system.]

“This is a rare look inside the President’s Treaty Room office in the private residence of the White House. He was making a call to Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

March 29, 2009. “It was a Sunday night in the Oval Office. The auto task force listened to the President before he made phone calls to alert key people about his plan to set deadlines for General Motors and Chrysler overhauls that was to be announced the next morning.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama meets with Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, aboard Air Force One en route to Cleveland, Ohio, March 15, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [The desk phone is a Cisco secure phone.]

President Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry as he walks along the Colonnade to the Oval Office, March 18, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with a Member of Congress while en route to a health care event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., March 19, 2010. Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro rides with the President. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [A sends " [The device between the seats under the seal is unknown. Not all presidential vehicles have it. There is a phone in the console.] A sends: "With a little enhancement, it's easy to see that device in the center is a Motorola speakerphone cradle for the handheld, wireless unit the President has."

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in a holding room at Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill., April 28, 2010. Mona Sutphen, deputy chief of staff for policy, sits at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Phones are L-3 STE model: http://www2.l-3com.com/cs-east/ia/ste/ie_ia_ste.shtml ]. See enlarged.]

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the economic situation in Europe, prior to the Hampton University commencement in Hampton, Va., Sunday, May 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks with Alyssa Mastromonaco, director of scheduling and advance, in the Outer Oval Office, May 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Three types of phones sets, perhaps for three different systems.]

President Barack Obama prepares for foreign leader phone calls with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Japanese Prime Minister designate Naoto Kan, in the Oval Office, Saturday, June 5, 2010. Pictured, from left, are Michelle Gavin, senior director for African Affairs, Puneet Talwar, senior director for Iraq, Iran and the Gulf States, John Buchanan (on phone), director of operations and deputy director of the White House Situation Room, and National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [A phone technician apparently arranging a secure hook-up.]

Technician's ID badge appears to have one or more RFID or infrared tags.

A sends photo of card protector:

President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia ride together to lunch at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., June 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Aug. 13, 2010. National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, left, listens in on the call. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Wooden box at left is an emergency call button, another at Obama's desk.

President Barack Obama waves to people along the motorcade route while traveling from the University of Indonesia to the airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 10, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon about developments in the Middle East, while backstage at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Ore., Feb. 18, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama is briefed on the situation in Libya during a secure conference call with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, right, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, left, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham, and Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 20, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [The group appears to be in a portable TEMPEST fabric enclosure. The phone is a Cisco 7900 Unified IP Phone.]

President Barack Obama talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron about the current situation in Libya during a call from Air Force One on the flight from Santiago, Chile to San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011. Taking part in the call with the President are National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, left, and Chief of Staff Bill Daley. President Obama also had calls with his National Security Staff, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar during the flight. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: Phil Schiliro; Assistant to the President and Special Advisor; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; and Vice President Joe Biden. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Different phone systems on Obama's desk, Cisco secure phone, top, and White House phone, both matching what is on Obama's secretary's desk.]

President Barack Obama talks with Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, before a call in the Oval Office, Aug. 10, 2011. Pictured, from left, are; Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs; NSC Deputy Executive Secretary Valerie Boyd; Liz Sherwood-Randall, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for European Affairs; and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Different phone at seating area, a Cisco secure phone.]

"This is a composite of several images of the President and his national security team during a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden on Sunday, May 1. We put this together so in addition to the previous, now iconic image of this day, people might have a better sense of what it's like in presidential meetings of historic significance." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

"The President was ready to announce the news about the mission against Osama bin Laden and was putting the finishing touches on his statement in the Outer Oval Office. As he did so, the networks broke in with bulletins confirming that bin Laden had been killed and a photograph of him appeared on the television screen in the background near the Vice President and Press Secretary Jay Carney." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Different phone, Cisco secure phone at center. The sets now match what is on Obama's Oval Office desk.]

March 19, 2011. "The President gives the final authorization for the Armed Forces of the United States to begin a limited military action in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians during a conference call in Brazil." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [Phone is L-3 STE model: http://www2.l-3com.com/cs-east/ia/ste/ie_ia_ste.shtml ]

President Barack Obama, reflected in a mirror, conducts a conference call on the situation in Libya with his national security staff, including John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, right, in Chilmark, Mass., Aug. 22, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Aug. 26, 2011. "A former President once said, 'Presidents don't get vacations, they just get a change of scenery.' We were on 'vacation' in Martha's Vineyard and the President was monitoring Hurricane Irene with John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, at right in light blue shirt. They were waiting for a conference call on the hurricane with affected governors and mayors." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan talk in a hold area before the President delivers his third annual back-to-school speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C. Sept. 28, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dec. 21, 2011. "The President and Bo, the Obama family dog, ride in the presidential motorcade en route to PetSmart in Alexandria, Va. The President bought Bo some Christmas gifts at the pet store then walked nearby to Best Buy to purchase gifts for his daughters. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)