Trump leadership team accidentally invites Atlantic editor to highly classified Signal war-planning channel (2 Viewers)

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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/
     
    efil4 said:
    imagine backing yourself into a corner in which there is no legitimate way out. Gabbard is now in that corner.

    The folks involved had little time to coordinate response, so what we have are individuals attempting to save own arse, and try and cover for others, but the others answers arent on same page.

    Lies compounding on lies will do that.

    The call for releasing ALL the chat info should now be full throated. No classified info? cool - release it all.

    If the timing, the names of targeted individuals, locations of said targets, weapons and systems used to carry out the attack is NOT classified info, then we have an even bigger problem in the Pentagon than originally thought.
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    So who’s going to be the scapegoat and take the fall?
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    So who’s going to be the scapegoat and take the fall?
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    no one- thats the beauty of the chaos- folks are too busy looking several different directions and something else will arise that will take the focus off and we simply move on.

    If someone were, my guess is Waltz, but appears as though it wont happen in the next few days.
     
    Bayouboy said:
    Is deny and attack really the strategy here? One has to think even Republican lawmakers can't be pleased with this level blunder.
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    cmon maan....that IS the strategy as it works.

    Privately, im sure many Rs are reeling and upset. Publicly, they will offer little rebuke.
     
    Bayouboy said:
    Is deny and attack really the strategy here? One has to think even Republican lawmakers can't be pleased with this level blunder.
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    Them being displeased is no different than Susan Collins being concerned

    The question is what are they going to do about it

    and like Collins the answer is absolutely nothing
     
    efil4 said:
    The immediate contradiction is amazing here

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    State Media really knows its audience, how else could they think that they would get away with that chyron? THIS WAS NO LEAK!!! THIS WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE THAT LED TO A BREACH OF SECURITY.
     

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