Saturday, March 29, 2025

Security Breaches are Fixable, But People Without Honor Not So Much

Phil Klay: So now it's clear: The Trump administration has not kept sensitive details of national security secure.

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"And the President chose Hegseth and the other members of his cabinet for exactly that reason--as amplifiers, not policy experts or adept managers of large organizations." Excellent piece from @kschake.bsky.social

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-- Phil Klay (@philklay.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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"You don't need to be a military expert to know that what the administration did is unconscionable any more than you need to be a meteorologist to know that the sky is blue. It requires only a willingness to speak honestly about serious matters."

That task is evidently beyond the ability of the members of our national security team. Instead, they have lied. They have mocked. The national security adviser, Michael Waltz, has called Mr. Goldberg "scum," even though Mr. Goldberg took more care with sensitive military information than Mr. Waltz did. The head of the F.B.I. has not promised an investigation. Mr. Trump dismissed the affair as a "witch hunt." They have treated this as a media event to be spun rather than a grievous error to be rectified.

"They have behaved, in short, like people without honor. The lives of our service members are in their hands."

#1 | Posted by Doc_sarvis at 2025-03-29 06:43 AM

"They have behaved, in short, like people without honor"

That's why Republicans identify with them so strongly.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-29 09:38 AM

Yes, Trump and is people are arrogant, stupid, and lazy.

And, yes, the will get servicemen killed.

And, yes, eventually just a f--- load of innocent American citizens.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-29 09:44 AM

Yes, Trump and his people are arrogant, stupid, and lazy.

And, yes, the will get servicemen killed.

And, yes, eventually just a f--- load of innocent American citizens.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-29 09:45 AM

Face it. Hegseth is playing a game where he tries to stay drunk and not get caught.

The man needs AA, not to be in the Pentagon.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-29 09:46 AM

i.imgur.com

#6 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-29 10:39 AM

#1 | Posted by Doc_sarvis

'Appalling': Fighter pilots say Hegseth's Signal texts put troops in harm's way

www.usatoday.com

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-03-29 11:38 AM

The US national security team looks and sounds like a room filled with heavily armed children: i.dailymail.co.uk

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-29 01:23 PM

The Wall Street Journal (29 Mar 2025) reported that USSECDEF Pete Hellsbreath brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed. In true nepotistic fashion, Hellsbreath also hired his brother Philip as a senior adviser. Jennifer Hellsbreath is seen below seated behind her drunkard spouse:

https://images.wsj.net/im-32924533?width=639&size=1

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-29 01:47 PM

Does Pugnacious Pete have a minder who monitors his behavior vis a vis booze? I'm curious, because both he and Kennedy, a decades-long heroin junkie, act conspicuously weird, even for members of a Trump cabinet.

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-03-29 04:54 PM

It's a toss up as to whether he is more evil or more incompetent.

Together a dangerous mix indeed.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-29 05:27 PM

I fully expect this type of goonish incompetence to permeate the entire Trump administration for the duration. Mainly because Trump himself is no better.

We have Goonies running the country.

#12 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-03-29 05:53 PM

One aspect I find interesting is that the Trump admin won't comply with a Judge's order requesting information about the Venezuelan deportations because that information is "secret."

But having an insecure group-chat (one of many such chats?) detailing imminent attack plans, and possibly putting our military members at risk, is quite OK?


#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-29 06:05 PM

@#12 ... Mainly because Trump himself is no better. ...

Yup.

Indeed, Pres Trump seems actively to encourage such incompetence with his "loyalty over competence" picks for senior-level positions.



#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-29 06:07 PM

We have Goonies running the country.

#12 | POSTED BY TWINPAC

The Goonies were mostly good kids.

They just really needed that treasure from One-Eyed-Willy.

And these Trumplican clowns got nothing on the Pinchers of Peril!

They are more like the bumbling Fratelli crime family and Elmo is like Chunk and they finally let him out of the basement.

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-03-30 11:06 AM

The lives of our service members are in their hands.

The suckers or the losers?

#16 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-31 07:29 AM

Libbies and honor - an oxymoron.

#17 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-03-31 10:05 AM

Yes, Trump and is people are arrogant, stupid, and lazy.

And, yes, the will get servicemen killed.

And, yes, eventually just a f--- load of innocent American citizens.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-29 09:44 AM | Reply | Flag:
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Servicemen killed? Non of the targets were listed. And if they were Goldberg would have called them ahead of time to warn them which would have cost lives. And we all know that Goldberg would rather have that if it gave him a chance to crap on Trump.

#18 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-03-31 11:01 AM

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