#National security

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sarah Jones at PoliticusUSA:

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) called for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe to be prosecuted for perjury after allegedly lying under oath about Signalgate, which became apparent after the text messages were released in full by the journalist whom the Trump administration has tried to bully into silence. “If the evidence initially presented by Jeffrey Goldberg weren’t damning enough, the latest tranche of messages revealed today make it clear that the Trump Administration has been lying—and continues to lie—about the confidential war plans shared by Secretary Hegseth in an unsecured Signal chat,” Nadler said in a statement. Nadler accused Gabbard and Ratcliffe of lying under oath: "The latest text messages confirm that in yesterday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe lied under oath in their testimony. Perjury is a crime, and they should be prosecuted.” Nadler points out what many have already said about this, which is that any other officer would likely face dismissal and “even a court-martial”: "Any other military officer who demonstrated such disregard for security protocols would likely face dismissal from service and even a court-martial. The Trump Administration appears to believe that cabinet secretaries and senior officials are immune from the law. They are not.” [...] But none of that has ever disturbed a hair on a Republican’s head. Hillary Clinton using a private server: unacceptable. Bill Clinton lying under oath: impeachable. Donald Trump guilty of 34 felonies: doesn’t matter. Donald Trump being charged with crimes related to his mishandling of classified documents: doesn’t matter. Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe allegedly lying under oath: doesn’t matter. Pete Hegseth: gross incompetence, imperiling of the U.S. national security, jeopardizing our troops safety: doesn’t matter. The theme here is that hypocrisy doesn’t matter to Republicans. They can’t be shamed over it because they are way past the point where they even acknowledge realities that don’t fit their narrative.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) calls on traitors Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe to face prosecution over national security dereliction in Signalgate.

[dynamicity-keysmash]

I think the punishment for discussing war plans on an unsecured messaging app should be eternal banishment to the shadow realm inside of Hillary Clinton's private email server.

[tmninjagirl]

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[reading-writing-revolution]

In the New York Times tonight, foreign affairs journalist Noah Shachtman looked not just at the Signal scandal but also at the administration’s lowering of U.S. guard against foreign influence operations, installation of billionaire Elon Musk’s satellite internet terminals at the White House, and diversion of personnel from national security to Trump’s pet projects, and advised hostile nations to “savor this moment. It’s never been easier to steal secrets from the United States government. Can you even call it stealing when it’s this simple? The Trump administration has unlocked the vault doors, fired half of the security guards and asked the rest to roll pennies. Walk right in. Take what you want. This is the golden age.”

[usindistress]

If a Democrat did this, and DID NOT fire every member of the administration involved, the Republicans would be drawing up articles of impeachment for incompetence. Who are we kidding, they would be drawing up articles of impeachment either way.

When you are not in the MAGA cult, these traitorous morons are detestable.

When you are in the cult, these traitorous morons are your green light to be a moron, too.

[sweetfirebird]

Them using Signal wasn't stupidity, it was done on purpose to avoid having any official records of their conversations--which is legally required. Avoiding an official record is part of Project 2025 to help them all avoid charges or any protests.

That is the part that needs to get focused on, while also continuing pressuring everyone involved until the issue is unavoidable and again, they back down or admit what they are.

And it needs to get stressed over and over again to Republicans who love the military or are in the military--this will get soldiers killed. This is a breach of National Security and it was done on purpose.

These are deeply evil people but this groupchat o'death was done deliberately because Signal will delete their messages.

Tulsi Gabbard will get US soldiers killed. Drunk-ass Pete Hegseth will get US soldiers killed. J.D. Vance will get US soldiers killed. That person in the chat who was *in Russia* will get US soldiers killed.

Regular soldiers who even slightly might breach operational security are punished, even if it was an accident.

You want everyday Republicans and military personnel to get mad about this? Say that. Say all of that. And remember that it's all to "expand" US (Russian) interests and appear strong in true fascist style.

And every Republican and Democratic Senator who voted to confirm these people should not be forgotten either.

[theonion]

In a high-level alert that revealed a geo-political rival of the United States could soon become the first nation capable of wielding the most powerful force in the universe, the Pentagon warned Friday that China was actively developing love, the greatest weapon of all.

The alert, issued to the American public and top U.S. allies, stated that China had made significant advances in love, a transcendent source of strength that ultimately triumphs over any defenses an enemy might try to erect against it. Weapons experts confirmed that if it were unleashed, the all-consuming feeling could strike the hearts of billions throughout Asia and the Pacific, even reaching the West Coast of the United States.

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[gwydionmisha]

It's an ethics AND a safety issue. Trump is planning to stop crash/safety reporting Musk's cars.

A more graphic explanation of why we need to monitor this. (Shows crashed cars, but not the bodies). It's from that time Tesla did deadly beta testing that killed and injured a bunch of people.

Some of these are mostly focused on the national security implications of Musk, SpaceX, and Starlink, but the conflict of interest over things like Self driving cars matter too. It's a fundamental problem that Trump is basically letting Elon Musk make so many decisions for his own benefit.

[tomorrowusa]

« I know we shouldn’t enjoy the fact that we have a confederacy of dunces running this country. But I’ll be honest, I can’t help it – I’m enjoying it right now.

This week, in the race between dumb and evil, dumb’s in the lead. Dumb has a big lead! »

— Jimmy Kimmel on the use of a chat app by Trump administration national security officials to discuss war plans in Yemen.

Jimmy went on to remind us that one of the participants (Steve Witkoff) in the group chat was physically in Russia at the time.

Of course Russia would never consider eavesdropping on US officials discussing military actions. /sarcasm

This entire matter puts the stupidity and recklessness of the Trump Maladministration on full display. And the GOP Senate deserves a share of the blame; they confirmed the moronic Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense even though they knew he has a drinking problem and is a serial sex abuser.

Please watch the vid, it's Jimmy in top form. For fun, share it with your MAGA in-laws.

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jay Kuo at The Status Kuo:

Let’s talk briefly about the jaw-dropping scandal that remains the talk of Washington.

If you’re just getting up to speed, we learned on Monday that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz had created a chat group on Signal, which is a private, encrypted communications app. It included some of the top officials in the Trump administration, including himself, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance. The topic was a potential military strike on the Houthis in Yemen. In creating the group, Waltz apparently inadvertently invited Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, to the chat. No one can explain yet how this happened. Goldberg himself at first understandably thought it was a hoax, or perhaps some kind of trap for the media. Because after all, it would be a stunning display of incompetence, stupidity and even illegality to make that kind of mistake. But the longer the private thread went on, the more Goldberg understood that this was in fact a real chat, and he was somehow on it. A day after he broke the story, now that we’ve all had time to absorb just how shocking, irresponsible and, yes, criminal this Signal group was, we’ve also begun to understand how the administration is choosing to respond. And it’s only deepening concerns.

Deny it happened, then attack the reporter

This is a White House that never owns up to its mistakes, especially its colossal ones, nor admits the truth even when confronted. And that made for some head-spinning moments for what some, in honor of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, are calling “whiskeyleaks.” “Nobody was texting war plans!” Hegseth insisted with a straight face. To his credit, Hegseth has years of experience lying to the public on Fox & Friends, and this is likely one of the reasons Trump picked him. Hegseth made this claim of “no war plans” even though, per reporting by the Associated Press, the National Security Council admitted that the text chain described by Goldberg in The Atlantic “appears to be authentic.” When asked how a reporter came to even be in a top secret chat group, Hegseth deployed his base media instincts again to go after the reporter’s reputation, as if that had anything to do with what had happened. He really could have been describing himself here: “So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes,” Hegseth said, implying again that the story was untrue while attacking Goldberg personally.

The man who created the original f*ck-up, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, took the same approach even after the story was confirmed. Waltz even went on Fox to suggest that Goldberg had hacked into the system, rather than been directly invited by Waltz.

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It was “hair on fire” with Hillary Clinton

It’s important to note that Waltz and Hegseth were some of the biggest critics of Hillary Clinton for having a private email server on which a handful of classified documents inadvertently exchanged hands. Back in 2016, for example, Hegseth argued that if Hillary Clinton were any security professional, “military, government or otherwise,” she would be “fired on the spot” for what she did. By his own logic and argument, he also should be fired immediately for participating in the highly compromised group chat, which never should have happened outside of a secure government communication channel in the first place. Hegseth even claimed falsely during the text thread that they had “Operational Security” over the mission.

The same people who were apoplectic over Hillary Clinton’s emails are all of a sudden making excuses for the Signal leaks regarding Yemen featuring Pete Hegseth and Michael Waltz. The Signal leaks were more of a threat to national security than Clinton’s emails ever were.

[thedaddycomplex]

I'm really getting tired of pointing out what dip-shits these people are.

Remember when Trump said he would only hire the best people? Well, Pete Hegseth, the raging alcoholic Fox News personality he installed as the goddamn Secretary of Defense accidentally texted U.S. military strike plans in Yemen to Jeffrey Goldberg, the fucking editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.

These were "highly sensitive and classified details about the Pentagon's plan to carry out military air strikes against the Houthis, who have been launching attacks on Western commercial vessels in the Red Sea for more than a year." If that publication had decided to cite details from the texts, our service members could have been targeted and killed.

Oh, and before you MAGA boot-lickers come at me about this being "fAkE nEwS" or whatever you call facts that don't fit your weak-ass narrative: The White House admitted the mistake.

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[tmninjagirl]

this is the most timeline ever!!!!

[dynamicity-keysmash]

The way I truly have nothing to say about the fact that a journalist from The Atlantic was accidentally added to a top-secret war-planning group chat on an unsecured texting app run by the same people who brought you "but her emails." I'm so fucking tired.