In a few hours, The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will lift his fixed telephone from the Oval Office to call his counterpart in Russia. Or it may be Vladimir Putin who calls the US president. Be that as it may, the reality is that this conversation, on which the destination of Ukraine depends largely, will occur through a telephone line. A communication channel that could seem quite vulnerable to the eyes of most people.
How is a call of such weight? There is not much official information available on the encryption methods that these communications have.
What is there is a lot of mystery and a lot of fiction Around direct telephone relations between Washington and Moscow. And that may have a lot to do with popularly known as ‘Red Telephone’that it was neither red nor a phone, but telegraph-theletype that sent encrypted messages. But since then it has rained a lot and Trump and Putin now communicate with a simple call.
Despite not knowing the most technical ins and outs We know some data on how to process the information of these communications.
How do you prepare a phone call between world leaders and where is it registered?
In a 2019 article, The Washington Post He collected Kelly Magsamen’s story, then head of Cabinet of the United States Secretary of Defense. Magsamen writes about certain irregularities that occurred in a phone call of President Trump with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski.
This text, beyond collecting the controversy, serves to Illustrate some of the technological techniques and processes to which these communications must be submitted. For example, Magsamen points out that the information is normally stored on a classified server, but that there is a higher level of protection: a “hyperseguro” server with “keywords” reserved for “maximum sensitivity material”, such as undercover operations “whose exhibition can cause the death of people,” he says.
The former cabinet chief explains that the presidential calls are “extraordinarily well protectedas corresponds to their importance ”and that“ they are carefully prepared, they have a team of qualified professionals and (usually) are used only to promote the national interests of the United States ”.
Usually add, These communications focus on peace agreements, commercial agreements or war issues.
Who listens to a president’s phone call?
As reported In a report of BBCbefore a phone call occurs with a foreign leader, The officials of the National Security Council (NSC) of the US reports the president.
After, At least two members of the NSC –As reported Use Today– They sit in the Oval Office with the president while he speaks on the phone with the foreign leader. The medium points out that the call can also be made From the presidential limousine or from the Air Force Onein which case “the national security advisor is usually present.”
In addition to the NSC personnel, there may be other senior people present, such as The National Security Advisor.
In addition, interpreters are usually availableeven when leaders speak another language fluently, since they usually choose to make official calls in their mother tongue. United States presidential translators go through exhaustive security authorizations, background verifications and even polygraph tests before having access to sensitive information involved in high -level diplomacy.
However, people who are in the oval office are not the only ones who listen to the call: “There are also one or two people in the situation room, a high security area in the basement of the West Wing where sensitive communications are monitored and discussed, in addition to listening and taking notes, ”he says Use Today Based on the experience of Mikes Green, former NSC official during the presidency of George W. Bush.
The notes referred to are known as ‘Telephone Conversation Memorandum’ and are the information that Kelly Magsamen – mentioned to the inco of this article – says that It is saved on classified servers.
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