👀 Waltz, SecDef SignalGate | Hegseth copies wife, lawyer on second Signal thread

[Mulberry Heel]

When the truth doesn't matter anymore, then there is no reason not to just shamelessly lie about your opponents and make up all kinds of shit about them, because you know your base will believe it as it fits what they already want to believe. "Surely our Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor can't be such complete dumbasses [newsflash: they can be and are], so obviously this librul reporter from the Deep State must have hacked into the system and gotten top secret intel!"

 

[ZenMode]

On a side note, the deep, dark conspiracy theory forming on the right is that the signal chat was intentionally leaked to send a message to Europe.

Update:

"Let me summarize for those new to the performance.(1) The CIA special ops group, organized the Signal App operation. That's how Goldberg got in.(2) Jeffrey Goldberg held the story until the day before the scheduled SSCI hearing.(3) The SSCI uses the hearing to attack the Trump officials at the top of the critical silos.Why?The CIA black ops group doesn't like the Trump Ukraine and Trump Russia policy.Watch. You'll see."

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

Is anyone surprised by this? I'm not. This type of shit happens when you fill your administration with rank fucking amateurs. Thanks again, MAGAs!

 

[nycfan]

After Signal Leak, Vance Focuses on Proving His Loyalty to Trump

After the revelation that he was part of a secret chat, Vice President JD Vance’s focus wasn’t on the security breach. Instead, it seemed to be concern that he had questioned his boss.

www.nytimes.com

When others argued in favor of the strikes [on the Houthis], Mr. Vance said he would support them but added, “I just hate bailing Europe out again.”

Well, Europe hates you back, dweeb. What a pompous twit, as if it's Vance himself bailing out Europe.

 

[nycfan]

GIFT LINK —> Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

 

[nycfan]

GIFT LINK —> Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

“… The statements by Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, and Trump—combined with the assertions made by numerous administration officials that we are lying about the content of the Signal texts—have led us to believe that people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions. There is a clear public interest in disclosing the sort of information that Trump advisers included in nonsecure communications channels, especially because senior administration figures are attempting to downplay the significance of the messages that were shared. …

… Late yesterday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emailed a response: “As we have repeatedly stated, there was no classified information transmitted in the group chat. However, as the CIA Director and National Security Advisor have both expressed today, that does not mean we encourage the release of the conversation. This was intended to be a an [sic] internal and private deliberation amongst high-level senior staff and sensitive information was discussed. So for those reason [sic] — yes, we object to the release.” (The Leavitt statement did not address which elements of the texts the White House considered sensitive, or how, more than a week after the initial air strikes, their publication could have bearing on national security.) …

… A CIA spokesperson asked us to withhold the name of John Ratcliffe’s chief of staff, which Ratcliffe had shared in the Signal chain, because CIA intelligence officers are traditionally not publicly identified. Ratcliffe had testified earlier yesterday that the officer is not undercover and said it was “completely appropriate” to share their name in the Signal conversation.

We will continue to withhold the name of the officer. Otherwise, the messages are unredacted. …”

 

[nycfan]

At 11:44 a.m. eastern time, Hegseth posted in the chat, in all caps, “TEAM UPDATE:”



“…Let us pause here for a moment to underscore a point. This Signal message shows that the U.S. secretary of defense texted a group that included a phone number unknown to him—Goldberg’s cellphone—at 11:44 a.m. This was 31 minutes before the first U.S. warplanes launched, and two hours and one minute before the beginning of a period in which a primary target, the Houthi “Target Terrorist,” was expected to be killed by these American aircraft. If this text had been received by someone hostile to American interests—or someone merely indiscreet, and with access to social media—the Houthis would have had time to prepare for what was meant to be a surprise attack on their strongholds. The consequences for American pilots could have been catastrophic. …”

 

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[MOUNTAINH33L]

I don't have my readers on, but those look like receipts to me. I know. I know. This is nothing compared to that time Biden let in 55 million trans South American gang affiliated volleyball players and registered them all to vote (blue of course).

 

[ZenMode]

Well, it likely cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election.

True. Had Comey actually followed through with some kind of prosecution, we may not have Trump storing boxes of classified docs in his bathroom and now this.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[CFordUNC]

True. Had Comey actually followed through with some kind of prosecution, we may not have Trump storing boxes of classified docs in his bathroom and now this.

lol. yeah, Trump is definitely the kind of guy who would follow the law if it wasn’t for those dastardly Democrats! He was such a law-abiding citizen his entire life until those damn Democrats got away with proverbial murder!

Come on, man. Your schtick lately is getting stale.

 

[nycfan]

“… “I just talked to Elon on the way here. We have the best technical minds looking at how this happened,” the group’s creator, Mike Waltz, told Fox News on Tuesday.

… In 2023, a Pentagon memo warned against using Signal and other mobile for any nonpublic, official information, NPR reported.

On March 18, an agency-wide email repeated that Signal shouldn’t be used even for non-classified communications because Russian hackers were using the “linked devices” feature to spy on encrypted conversations. …”

 

[nycfan]

“… “I just talked to Elon on the way here. We have the best technical minds looking at how this happened,” the group’s creator, Mike Waltz, told Fox News on Tuesday.

… In 2023, a Pentagon memo warned against using Signal and other mobile for any nonpublic, official information, NPR reported.

On March 18, an agency-wide email repeated that Signal shouldn’t be used even for non-classified communications because Russian hackers were using the “linked devices” feature to spy on encrypted conversations. …”

Seems like more of a job for (a) an FBI investigation and (b) an NSC/CIA/OIG review than an ad hoc third party review by 20-something temps.

 

[Healing]

“… “I just talked to Elon on the way here. We have the best technical minds looking at how this happened,” the group’s creator, Mike Waltz, told Fox News on Tuesday.

… In 2023, a Pentagon memo warned against using Signal and other mobile for any nonpublic, official information, NPR reported.

On March 18, an agency-wide email repeated that Signal shouldn’t be used even for non-classified communications because Russian hackers were using the “linked devices” feature to spy on encrypted conversations. …”

It's not long until a claim of a "hack" perpetrated by the "fake news" and "deep state".

 

[ZenMode]

One theory being floated about is that Waltz meant to add jamieson greer (also initials JG), but added Jeffrey Goldberg by mistake.

 

[nrsair]

I regularly get reminder emails from my job that I could face consequences if I accidentally copy the wrong *internal* people on an email concerning sensitive clinical trial data. And I double check numbers when I’m sending a group chat to confirm dinner reservations with friends. But I guess a social faux pas is more serious than national security.

Anyways:

 

[CFordUNC]