Anonymous wrote:Is it possible Waltz did this on purpose because he had a Road to Damascus moment? I simply cannot believe that this was a coincidence.

This administration is so bad that I can never decide whether it’s malice or incompetence.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe one of the most bizarre stories of the Trump 2.0 eta

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

And I am old enough to remember "but her emails" and Obama being forces to surrender his Blackberry.

A fascinating question is who included Goldberg? It had to have been a deliberate leak. So, which one of all those involved wanted to draw attention to the shocking and chilling incompetence of those in charge of state secrets

Waltz, the NSA added the reporter. Not very secure. But also, did no one look at the group chat list and say— hey- who is this guy?

He was listed as "JG" - there's a thought he meant to add Jamieson Greer, the US Trade Representative

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe one of the most bizarre stories of the Trump 2.0 eta

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

And I am old enough to remember "but her emails" and Obama being forces to surrender his Blackberry.

A fascinating question is who included Goldberg? It had to have been a deliberate leak. So, which one of all those involved wanted to draw attention to the shocking and chilling incompetence of those in charge of state secrets

Waltz, the NSA added the reporter. Not very secure. But also, did no one look at the group chat list and say— hey- who is this guy?

He was listed as "JG" - there's a thought he meant to add Jamieson Greer, the US Trade Representative

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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:This is just the tip of the iceberg. This admin doesn’t believe in following laws on national security or ethics or conflict of interest or on sovereignty of national borders. What could possibly go wrong?

No, they don't.

Trump read the Supreme Court case as a green light, and he has green lighted everyone in his administration to be lawless. They're really upset with the courts that keep giving them losses. The Supreme Court said they could break laws with impunity! These lower courts need to get with the program!

And it's only March 2025.

His administration is stupid. The greenlight immunity is for Trump alone and does not extend to his cronies.

He can pardon all the cronies, but he won’t even need to because his DOJ is afraid to prosecute any of them.

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.

Anonymous wrote:This is much ado about nothing. Do you seriously think Yemen could have done anything about this with the inside information?

The administration did this to intimidate Canada and Europe. There was a basketball team who used to run through their offense instead of the pregame layup line. They did it to intimidate the opponent, showing their offense because the opponent wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. That team ended up winning 85-90% of their games consistently.

That’s all this is. Democrats need to calm down, take a deep breath, and figure out how they’re going to stay out of jail.

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.

Anonymous wrote:And Trump says he didn’t know about it. Where are all the Trumpers who whined about Biden relying on his team too much due to his age?

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.

Anonymous wrote:This is much ado about nothing. Do you seriously think Yemen could have done anything about this with the inside information?

The administration did this to intimidate Canada and Europe. There was a basketball team who used to run through their offense instead of the pregame layup line. They did it to intimidate the opponent, showing their offense because the opponent wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. That team ended up winning 85-90% of their games consistently.

That’s all this is. Democrats need to calm down, take a deep breath, and figure out how they’re going to stay out of jail.

BZZZT. Wrong answer.

You are exactly what's wrong with America right now.

Anonymous wrote:Democrat senators are running to the news shows pounding their chests about how they’re going to be asking Tulsi and John all about this when they appear before the Intelligence Committee tomorrow.

Tulsi needs to calm their bluff. Fill the gallery with Proud Boys armed to the teeth. Enter the room with your most vicious Republican CIA paramilitary soldiers. Then see what the Democrat senators have to say .

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?

This is the craziest story. What a bunch of fools!!!

Dear god.

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.

Complete amateurs': More US lawmakers react
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"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."

Anonymous wrote:Democrat senators are running to the news shows pounding their chests about how they’re going to be asking Tulsi and John all about this when they appear before the Intelligence Committee tomorrow.

Tulsi needs to calm their bluff. Fill the gallery with Proud Boys armed to the teeth. Enter the room with your most vicious Republican CIA paramilitary soldiers. Then see what the Democrat senators have to say .

You are nuts and a far right extremist. Will your proud boys gun down those democrats?

Anonymous wrote:Democrat senators are running to the news shows pounding their chests about how they’re going to be asking Tulsi and John all about this when they appear before the Intelligence Committee tomorrow.

Tulsi needs to calm their bluff. Fill the gallery with Proud Boys armed to the teeth. Enter the room with your most vicious Republican CIA paramilitary soldiers. Then see what the Democrat senators have to say .

That’s not how the Senate works. Bye.