Hegseth railed: So, lets me get this straight.
The Atlantic released the so-called war plans and those plans include: No names.
And no classified information.
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Those are some really shitty war plans, he said.
Nobodys texting war plans, Hegseth recently told a journalist who asked about the phones.
I know exactly what Im doing, he said, adding: Im really proud of what we accomplished.
Signal was called the gold standard for encrypted comms.
Not just by security experts but by The Atlantic itself.
Clinton and the Obama administration used it, Cheongrecently wrote on X.
Suddenly its a problem that Trumps people are using it?
Im not buying it.
Hegseths full throated defense seems inconsistent at best and downright divorced from reality at worst.
For one thing, it seems clear that some of the information in the chat wasor should have beenclassified.
It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this, they added.
How egregious was the group chats operational security failure?
That same unnamed official said even his junior analysts know not to do this.
Even a former Trump official has claimed that the information is classified.
It is highly classified and protected.
It can be a running column for The Atlantic: Heres When and Where America Will Bomb Next!
where Americans can tune in to read about imminent aerial campaigns in the hours before the bombs drop.
Other participants in the chat fiasco were put on blast Wednesdays during aHouse Intelligence Committee hearing.
She replied: My answer yesterday was based on my recollection, or the lack thereof.
Gabbard: My testimony is that I did not recall the exact details of what was included there.
Himes: That was not your testimony.
Your testimony was that you were not aware of anything related to weapons packages, targets, and timing.
Instead of acknowledging this, the White House has now tasked Waltz, himself, withprobing what happened.
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