Critics raising the alarm about a potential security breach by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles were set straight by a company CEO.
Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of wearable fitness company Whoop, threw cold water on the security risk claims after a photo of Wiles speaking with President Donald Trump began circulating. The photo showed her in the meeting wearing what many were convinced was a type of smartwatch, which would not be allowed in the sensitive area.
Ahmed addressed the controversy in a post on X, explaining his company’s product.
“It’s called a whoop,” he wrote.
“There’s no story here other than a dead ayatollah and a green recovery,” he added, which Fox Business explained was a reference to “the device’s recovery score — a feature that tracks stress, sleep, and overall readiness.”
It’s called a whoop. There’s no story here other than a dead ayotallah and a green recovery.
Whoop is an NSA approved PED without a microphone, without GPS, and without cellular capability. World leaders wear it to monitor their performance. Get your facts right. https://t.co/DrNH9Kw6rj
— Will Ahmed (@willahmed) March 1, 2026
“Whoop is an NSA-approved PED without a microphone, without GPS, and without cellular capability. World leaders wear it to monitor their performance. Get your facts right,” Ahmed added in the post responding to fear-mongering by the father of a Parkland school shooting victim who wrote, ” I guess security doesn’t matter to these clowns.”
Ahmed wrote in another post that following the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, Wiles probably had a low resting heart rate and high heart rate variability, again emphasizing the device “does not include a microphone, GPS, or cellular capability of any kind.”
It’s called a whoop. It does not include a microphone, GPS, or cellular capability of any kind and has long been on the NSA approved PED list.
Given today’s performance, it’s likely she had a green recovery, low RHR, and high HRV. https://t.co/YUiXNls4EI
— Will Ahmed (@willahmed) March 1, 2026
He pointed out that the National Security Agency has approved the Whoop device.
CNN’s Brian Stelter chimed in on X to write, “I love my @WHOOP (and immediately recognized it in the photo of Susie Wiles),” and told Ahmed, “of all my monthly subscriptions, yours is the one i can’t live without!”
of all my monthly subscriptions, yours is the one i can’t live without!
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 1, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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