Summary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied allegations that he texted classified war plans to a Signal group chat that mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
The National Security Council confirmed the chat’s authenticity but called the inclusion of Goldberg an inadvertent mistake.
Lawmakers from both parties demanded investigations, with former CIA Director Leon Panetta warning of potential espionage violations.
Hegseth dismissed Goldberg as a “deceitful” journalist. Trump denied knowledge of the incident.
To be fair he was probably blacked out at the time
Ah yes - the classic Trump approach… just yell Fake News as loud as possible.
Also, start with talking bad of media that was involved (see Orange’s first comment).
He knows they have the screenshots and the NSC confirmed it, right?
https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1904221405618577650
NSC statement: “At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain. The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to our servicemembers or our national security.” - NSC Spokesman Brian Hughes
The Trump administration does not deny this Signal group chat about the war planning for the Yemen strikes is real. Trump’s top national security advisers added reporter
@JeffreyGoldberg
@TheAtlantic
to the war planning text chain on non-government social media app, perhaps breaking secrecy laws. Read this shocking story below.
pete hegseth was a DUI hire.
Wow how did I never think of this.
You dumb fuck, there are screenshots of all of it, plus your own people admitted it
The fucking White House confirmed this shit.
Even if everyone in the chat had a need-to-know, you do not use insecure 3rd-party software for classified communications. Secure networks already exist for this.
Not to mention why they are using it in the first place… so they can’t be FOIA’d
Doesn’t protect from FOIA, if you use your phone for official communication and it stores records, your phone can be FOIA’d.
According to the original article, the messages were set to auto delete after a max of 4 weeks :)
Lmfao
The editor in chief of The Atlantic wrote an op-ed on the whole episode, and they have corroborated and confirmed from multiple sources that he was, indeed, inadvertently shown data that is considered SCI in a Signal group chat that was likely conducted through the personal devices of administration officials.
There is no debate here. That happened. This is like rear ending someone in your car and totaling both vehicles and just refusing to even acknowledge that you even felt anything.
I agree with your position, but think it’s even worse than the situation depicted in your analogy because of the security implications and the accountability implications. I don’t know how to represent those in your analogy, though. Lol
Maybe he was drunk.
We are starting an office pool on how fast He goes into DT’s during Congressional questioning. It’s only fair that he sits in the chair at least as long as Hillary did.
Sup Yemen bb. Houthi DTF 2nite? hmu
Read
Maybe?
These fucking guys only ever lie and deny.
Are we really too stupid and weak as a country to be able to do anything about this?
It would seem the case - the US is impotent while the sitting president twiddles his thumbs and denies knowing his upper eschelon staff are using unsecure comms. Makes me laugh about the tough-guy image they want versus the limp-dick energy the display.
Roy Cohn’s second rule: Deny everything, admit nothing.
May those who live like him die like him: painful, alone, and ironic
downs entire glass of whiskey “wasn’t me”
It was really the whiskey’s fault when you think about it.
Pretty sure thinking is gay.
He’s going with the Shaggy defense? “It wasn’t me”. I mean, it works for them. It will probably all blow over because no one is going to do anything. But this should absolutely destroy him.
"You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again…This is a guy who peddles in garbage.
Hegseth then added, “oh wait, that’s me.”
Ah, going with denial in the face of concrete evidence to the contrary
Classic Trump move
yes, so typical and yet so effective so far.
Phase 1: eat a baby in plain view at a crowded event
Phase 2: get really angry and personally attack anybody who mentions it and their employer
Phase 3: after a few days just roll your eyes and dismiss with “again with that baby thing?”
If nothing serious happens right after phase 1, holding onto this as future political ammo seems to be worthless. I really hope I’m wrong and that the accumulation of these things is enough to turn enough of Trump’s base against him but they accumulated a whole fricking lot by now and there is still room for more…
Don’t forget Tuli was on the chat too, I sure do feel safe with our inept leaders.
