đź‘€ Waltz, SecDef planned Houthi bombing over Signal & accidentally included a journalist

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“… There was another potential problem: Waltz set some of the messages in the Signal group to disappear after one week, and some after four.

That raises questions about whether the officials may have violated federal records law: Text messages about official acts are considered records that should be preserved.

“Under the records laws applicable to the White House and federal agencies, all government employees are prohibited from using electronic-messaging applications such as Signal for official business, unless those messages are promptly forwarded or copied to an official government account,” Jason R. Baron, a professor at the University of Maryland and the former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration, told Harris.

“Intentional violations of these requirements are a basis for disciplinary action. Additionally, agencies such as the Department of Defense restrict electronic messaging containing classified information to classified government networks and/or networks with government-approved encrypted features,” Baron said. …”

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Counterpoint: They copied a member of the media, so clearly they created a permanent record …
 
"...this leaks, and we look..."
"...enforce 100% OPSEC...."

Who is gonna tell him?

"The Hegseth message goes on to state, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus. 2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive; 2) Israel takes an action first – or Gaza cease fire falls apart – and we don’t get to start this on our own terms. We can manage both. We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should. This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish deterrence, which Biden cratered. But, we can easily pause. And if we do, I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC”—operations security. “I welcome other thoughts.”"
 
But her emails.

Seriously, every one of them should be impeached. They are going to get people killed with this negligence. The only redeeming factor, I suppose, is that hackers might not have been looking at Signal because surely nobody would be stupid enough to do it.

Reminds me of the show 24, when the hero would routinely discuss incredibly sensitive matters of national security over a bluetooth headset.
 
nycfan said:


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It Eaton is a big deal, and obviously a major mistake. With that said, it is neat to see what's going on behind the curtain. Nice to know that the administration wants to keep the Gaza ceasefire intact instead of letting the IDF do whatever they feel like.

But yeah. What an idiot.
 
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