Stephen Collinson: It's one of the most shocking national security indiscretions in years.
White House acknowledges several top Trump officials plotted Yemen strikes in unclassified group chat that included Atlantic editor.
The group chat appeared to involve key national security figures, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the Atlantic.[image or embed]
-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) March 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he's got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device ... are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
-- Fred Wellman (@fpwellman.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Buttigieg: I know this in my experience, both in the cabinet and as an intelligence officer, you would have to go out of your way to take classified information and move it into an unclassified system[image or embed]
-- Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) March 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Gotta love the New York Times' treatment of this story: static01.nyt.com
Who needs fascist Fox News when there's the "liberal media"?
Boaz probably means, prosecute the reporter, let the Drunk SecDef and his unqualified minions skate.
So Much Winning!
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory went out one week ago warning against using the messaging app Signal, even for unclassified information.
"A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," begins the department-wide email, dated March 18, obtained by NPR.
The memo continues, "Russian professional hacking groups are employing the 'linked devices' features to spy on encrypted conversations." It notes that Google has identified Russian hacking groups who are "targeting Signal Messenger to spy on persons of interest."
www.npr.org
"There is a dispute over whether the term war plans' is being exaggerated"
Only by people who want to deny that war plans were shared.
www.theatlantic.com
The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.
I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.
This case shows three things:
They hate Europe.
They think about geopolitics like a corporation. If we do this, and it's good for you, then you should pay.
They are incompetent regarding security.
Another birthday gift for Putin.
www.reddit.com
The messages on our top notch secure comms are preserved as official records. The Signal messages were slated for deletion after a week.
Makes you wonder how Tulsi found the Trans/LGBT Signal messages and fired them huh.
Even Biden's e Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) approved of its as a best practice?
www.cisa.gov
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