Typically, events such as these are organized by the Koch Family. They handle the nuts-and-bolts and technical end of things. Trump’s campaign may have called this meeting, but I guarantee the Kochs will be providing the support.
Don’t expect any leaks. They take extreme measures to prevent leaks:
1.) The guest list is kept a closely guarded secret, and has pictures to prevent impostors.
2.) The location where the conference will take place, usually a swanky, secluded resort, is also kept secret, and accepting an invite means you are also sworn to secrecy, as the location will not be told to you until you accept the invitation.
3.) The resort staff is screened and work assignments are changed to be far from the actual events and the rooms of the attendees.
4.) They routinely sweep for bugs and listening devices, and use white noise emitters to throw off parabolics.
5.) Any paper materials, either distributed by the event host or personal notes of the attendees, of the event are confiscated and destroyed.
They basically follow all the same rules that might be in place at a convention for people with TS/SCI clearance and the convention hall is a massive SCIF. But full of people plotting to undermine our democracy.
TIL about white noise emitters.
Yeah, turns out if you set a bunch of loudspeakers facing away from an area and then blast white noise through them, you can basically create your very own Cone of Silence! They use something similar in office buildings called pink noise. It’s basically white noise but at a much lower volume. Just loud enough to prevent you from being overheard halfway across the building, but not enough to drive you crazy. Sound masking is interesting.
Yup. Before Covid when I worked in a call center at night they’d turn them off and it was fucking wild going from not hearing my neighbor well to clear as day hearing the other rep across the entire building lol
