What happens when the President calls a foreign leader?

There have been a series of embarrassing leaks of private conversations between President Trump and foreign leaders. Here’s a graphic explaining how phone calls between POTUS and foreign leaders have traditionally been handled and kept private.

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I spoke with the reporter on the phone to outline the process. I emailed him a quick sketch to see if I understood what he was describing. We discussed clarifications and made edits as needed. While he revised the text, I worked on creating the drawings and setting up the HTML and CSS. By the end of the night we had a simple graphic to accompany a longer story.