Why does the situation room photo look like an IT disaster?

You were expecting competence?

Pete Souza, the former director of the White House Photography Office:

> The raid, as reported, took place at 3:30PM Washington time. The photo, as shown in the camera IPTC data, was taken at "17:05:24".

https://twitter.com/PeteSouza/status/1188471757579194371?

Trump was golfing at the time of the raid. Trump's left the club at 3:33pm.

What is so bad about it? Ethernet is better than wireless for security. One of those laptops seems to have a privacy screen. What do you expect, the Minority Report?

It was staged to make it look hectic. Based on a quick google search of all other similar photos they tuck in the cables. It appears they probably gave away intel too. The photo gives clues as to how the networks are setup.