Trump leadership team accidentally invites Atlantic editor to highly classified Signal war-planning channel (1 Viewer)

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    This needs a thread of its own - we can pull the posts out of Misc Trump. This story is (1) absolutely mindblowing and (2) not mindblowing at all because Trump has never really understood the value of high-caliber professionals and has surrounded himself with dramatically unqualified dolts.

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    I accepted the connection request, hoping that this was the actual national security adviser, and that he wanted to chat about Ukraine, or Iran, or some other important matter.

    Two days later—Thursday—at 4:28 p.m., I received a notice that I was to be included in a Signal chat group. It was called the “Houthi PC small group.”

    A message to the group, from “Michael Waltz,” read as follows: “Team – establishing a principles [sic] group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours. My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.”

    The message continued, “Pls provide the best staff POC from your team for us to coordinate with over the next couple days and over the weekend. Thx.”

    The term principals committee generally refers to a group of the senior-most national-security officials, including the secretaries of defense, state, and the treasury, as well as the director of the CIA. It should go without saying—but I’ll say it anyway—that I have never been invited to a White House principals-committee meeting, and that, in my many years of reporting on national-security matters, I had never heard of one being convened over a commercial messaging app.

    One minute later, a person identified only as “MAR”—the secretary of state is Marco Antonio Rubio—wrote, “Mike Needham for State,” apparently designating the current counselor of the State Department as his representative. At that same moment, a Signal user identified as “JD Vance” wrote, “Andy baker for VP.” One minute after that, “TG” (presumably Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, or someone masquerading as her) wrote, “Joe Kent for DNI.” Nine minutes later, “Scott B”—apparently Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, or someone spoofing his identity, wrote, “Dan Katz for Treasury.” At 4:53 p.m., a user called “Pete Hegseth” wrote, “Dan Caldwell for DoD.” And at 6:34 p.m., “Brian” wrote “Brian McCormack for NSC.” One more person responded: “John Ratcliffe” wrote at 5:24 p.m. with the name of a CIA official to be included in the group. I am not publishing that name, because that person is an active intelligence officer.

    The principals had apparently assembled. In all, 18 individuals were listed as members of this group, including various National Security Council officials; Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East and Ukraine negotiator; Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff; and someone identified only as “S M,” which I took to stand for Stephen Miller. I appeared on my own screen only as “JG.”

    That was the end of the Thursday text chain.
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    full story: https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
     
    Should have already happened after the first screw up. Better late than never though. I wish he could be prosecuted, but I guess we’ll have to settle for him getting off our dime.
     
    The rank and file everyday employees at NARA must be scared to death with a request like this. Trump will fire everyone involved with the investigation:

    ca.news.yahoo.com

    Sen. Schiff Asks National Archives To Investigate Trump Admin’s Group Chats

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got caught using Signal again, to chat about military plans again, with people who shouldn’t be included. Again.
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    Last week, the Pentagon quietly placed three top aides — Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll and Darin Selnick — on administrative leave in connection with a widening probe into leaked internal messages from a private Signal chat.

    The messages, which allegedly revealed internal dissent and strategic planning inside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inner circle, have prompted national security concerns and questions about internal vetting at the Department of Defense.

    That, of course, comes hot on the heels of the whole “bombing the Houthis while sharing fist-bump emojis and American flags” thing we all had to contend with a few weeks prior.

    If you were hoping for sober accountability or a show of calm leadership in response, however, Tuesday morning’s Fox & Friends interview with Hegseth delivered instead…something else entirely.

    Indeed, if you tuned into Fox News and thought you’d accidentally stumbled into a testosterone-injected cosplay of Pentagon leadership, you were not alone.

    There he was: our very own nation’s Secretary Pete Hegseth, live and vibrating with intensity, all wild eyes, aggressive gesticulations and the unflinching confidence of a man who owns several pairs of Oakleys and has definitely yelled “Let’s f***ing go!” in a locker room.

    The segment — ostensibly an attempt to explain the Signal chat leaks and the suspensions of his staff — quickly devolved into a monologue that was part Gladiator, part gym mirror pep talk and part word cloud taped to a punching bag.

    “Those folks… who were pushed out of the building are now leaking again,” he explained. “Once a leaker, always a leaker — often a leaker,” he then quickly added, in what could generously be described as a folksy tautology or, less generously, a cry for help.

    Pressed ever-so-gently by host Taylor Penley on whether he’d personally fired the men involved, Hegseth offered a masterclass in Washington evasion, culminating with: “There are a lot of ways to communicate in this building.” Cool. So… yes? No? Carrier pigeon? Ouija board?…….



    www.independent.co.uk

    Pete Hegseth is a very manly man who doesn’t have time for your Deep State questions

    Doesn’t it just make you want to crack open a cold one and refuse a woman a promotion? Hell yeah, God bless the USA!, writes Holly Baxter
    www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    Last week, the Pentagon quietly placed three top aides — Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll and Darin Selnick — on administrative leave in connection with a widening probe into leaked internal messages from a private Signal chat.

    The messages, which allegedly revealed internal dissent and strategic planning inside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s inner circle, have prompted national security concerns and questions about internal vetting at the Department of Defense.

    That, of course, comes hot on the heels of the whole “bombing the Houthis while sharing fist-bump emojis and American flags” thing we all had to contend with a few weeks prior.

    If you were hoping for sober accountability or a show of calm leadership in response, however, Tuesday morning’s Fox & Friends interview with Hegseth delivered instead…something else entirely.

    Indeed, if you tuned into Fox News and thought you’d accidentally stumbled into a testosterone-injected cosplay of Pentagon leadership, you were not alone.

    There he was: our very own nation’s Secretary Pete Hegseth, live and vibrating with intensity, all wild eyes, aggressive gesticulations and the unflinching confidence of a man who owns several pairs of Oakleys and has definitely yelled “Let’s f***ing go!” in a locker room.

    The segment — ostensibly an attempt to explain the Signal chat leaks and the suspensions of his staff — quickly devolved into a monologue that was part Gladiator, part gym mirror pep talk and part word cloud taped to a punching bag.

    “Those folks… who were pushed out of the building are now leaking again,” he explained. “Once a leaker, always a leaker — often a leaker,” he then quickly added, in what could generously be described as a folksy tautology or, less generously, a cry for help.

    Pressed ever-so-gently by host Taylor Penley on whether he’d personally fired the men involved, Hegseth offered a masterclass in Washington evasion, culminating with: “There are a lot of ways to communicate in this building.” Cool. So… yes? No? Carrier pigeon? Ouija board?…….



    www.independent.co.uk

    Pete Hegseth is a very manly man who doesn’t have time for your Deep State questions

    Doesn’t it just make you want to crack open a cold one and refuse a woman a promotion? Hell yeah, God bless the USA!, writes Holly Baxter
    www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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    A new SecDef can't come soon enough.
     
    I heard Hegseth say “once a leaker, always a leaker”. I think he is learning how to admit to his errors like his boss, so we know Hegseth will always be a leaker. The investigation can be quick if he simply turns himself in.
     

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