That’s not how the Senate works. Bye. |
You are nuts and a far right extremist. Will your proud boys gun down those democrats? |
Complete amateurs': More US lawmakers react
published at 21:02 21:02 "This is blatantly illegal and dangerous beyond belief," Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren says of the group chat breach. "Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs," she said on social media. "What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?" Republican Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said: "Think about what we would do if Biden were president and this came out... we would raise the roof", according to a reporter for Semafor, external. "It's going to be interesting to see if anybody loses their job over this," she added. Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono posted: "Egregious, reckless, and illegal. No amount of spin can change that." |
Could the Signal chat violate the law?
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt Some of the Signal messages National Security Adviser Michael Waltz sent to the chat were set to disappear after one week, Jeffrey Goldberg reported in his article for The Atlantic. That raises concerns about two federal laws that require the preservation of government records: the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act. “The law requires that electronic messages that take place on a non-official account are preserved, in some fashion, on an official electronic record keeping system," said Jason R Baron, a former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration. Such regulations would cover Signal, he said. Official government communications are supposed to be either automatically archived, or the individuals involved are supposed to forward, copy, or preserve the messages. “The open question here is whether these communications were automatically archived," Baron told the BBC. "It's not clear whether that occurred." It was also unclear whether the individuals in the chat had taken other steps to preserve the records. The use of Signal to discuss the military strikes also raised security questions. “Assuming that any of the conversations on Signal could be considered classified, then under Department of Defense guidance those communications should have taken place on a classified government network, or on a network with government-approved encrypted features," Baron said. “We should all be concerned about the use of these electronic messaging apps to evade federal record keeping requirements," he said. |
This is the craziest story. What a bunch of fools!!!
Dear god. |
Huh? What a completely unamerican, bizarre comment. Seems more fitting for an authoritarian dictatorship than our freedom loving democracy. Perhaps you would be more content in North Korea? |
BZZZT. Wrong answer. You are exactly what's wrong with America right now. |
Crazy they didn’t break it to him before it went to press. Guessing JD held them off because he knows he’d have to grovel. He sold his soul. |
So to get this straight…this tactic to *check notes* intimidate Canada and Europe … because they’re going to leak war plans on Signal with reporters before they attack? …or it will invite hackers to Signal or possibly anyone who is smarter than Hegseth to bamboozle him. |
The U.S. has become such an absolute sitting duck under this administration. We are in such a vulnerable position with these dummies in power. It's scary. |
He can pardon all the cronies, but he won’t even need to because his DOJ is afraid to prosecute any of them. |
This. I’m surprised the GOP is not more concerned about the security of the country. We’re looking at another 9/11 (also under a republican administration that dropped the ball) and it won’t end well with this sort of incompetence and stupidity. |
This is all beside the point BECAUSE THERE SHOULDN’T BE A CHAT GROUP ON SIGNAL AT ALL. But also if done properly in the Sit Room the USTR does not have a need to know basis for this and wouldn’t be in the room. |
Right!?! All this convo about adding a journalist when the issue is the discussion should not have happened on signal at all. And you know for sure that this must be regular practice with these guys. Unbelievable. |
This administration is so bad that I can never decide whether it’s malice or incompetence. |