Trump’s Defense Secretary Accidentally Texted War Plans to The Atlantic: ‘I Didn’t Think It Could Be Real,’ Editor Says

[Say it aint so]

Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s secretary of defense, inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic in a Signal text chat group revealing the U.S.’s attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month, according to the magazine.​

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The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported in a nearly 3,500-word story published Monday that the most senior national-security leaders of the United States included him in a group chat on Signal about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. “I didn’t think it could be real,” he wrote. “Then the bombs started falling.” HERE​

I will tell you this, from Trump telling Russians top secrets in the White house causing Israel scrambling to remove assets they had from out Russia, to Trump telling a foreign nationalist top nuclear sub top secrets at Mar A Largo, everyone with a clandestine spying program are smiling from ear to ear. Not one that, why are air strike plans being discussed on apps sold to the pubic? This is the utter incompetence warned about come Pete ol boy.

 

[DaisyDay]

Yes, I was just watching about this. They were texting actual war strategy on a commercial app! And they included the editor of the Atlantic Journal!

If simply inadvertently having something classified on her private server is enough for chants of "Lock her up! Lock her up!" then texting secret plans to a journalist should trigger even stronger cries. Popcorn!

 

[RocksInMyHead]

The use of Signal doesn't really raise any security concerns for me (they use end-to-end encryption, and it's run by a US-based nonprofit). The main problems I have with this are data retention (because the messages are fully encrypted and tied to the accounts of the recipients, it would be relatively easy to destroy the records of anything sent through the app) and the fact that they were so easily able to add a non-government contact to a chat by accident.

 

[BPPLEE]

Yes, I was just watching about this. They were texting actual war strategy on a commercial app! And they included the editor of the Atlantic Journal!

If simply inadvertently having something classified on her private server is enough for chants of "Lock her up! Lock her up!" then texting secret plans to a journalist should trigger even stronger cries. Popcorn!

Yeah, too bad the precedent has already been set by not charging Hillary

 

[Nithavela]

So now you guys complain about transparency?

 

[DaisyDay]

Yeah, too bad the precedent has already been set by not charging Hillary

Sure, but she kept her server secure, plus she was continuing Powell's example of using private email (AOL) some official correspondence while Pete actually texted the secret plans to a journalist/editor. Do you see a bit of a difference there?

 

[BPPLEE]

Sure, but she kept her server secure, plus she was continuing Powell's example of using private email (AOL) some official correspondence while Pete actually texted the secret plans to a journalist/editor. Do you see a bit of a difference there?

What makes you think her server was secure? Intent was the question are you going to argue that Pete intended to text a reporter?

 

[Pommer]

Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s secretary of defense, inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic in a Signal text chat group revealing the U.S.’s attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month, according to the magazine.​

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The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported in a nearly 3,500-word story published Monday that the most senior national-security leaders of the United States included him in a group chat on Signal about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. “I didn’t think it could be real,” he wrote. “Then the bombs started falling.” HERE​

I will tell you this, from Trump telling Russians top secrets in the White house causing Israel scrambling to remove assets they had from out Russia, to Trump telling a foreign nationalist top nuclear sub top secrets at Mar A Largo, everyone with a clandestine spying program are smiling from ear to ear. Not one that, why are air strike plans being discussed on apps sold to the pubic? This is the utter incompetence warned about come Pete ol boy.

Who knew running a nation could be so complicated?

 

[Pommer]

Sure, but she kept her server secure, plus she was continuing Powell's example of using private email (AOL) some official correspondence while Pete actually texted the secret plans to a journalist/editor. Do you see a bit of a difference there?

Maybe he had had a few?

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Maybe he had had a few?

Pointing out a person's past problems with substance abuse is a low blow. It's not like the Republicans would ever mock the son of President Biden.

 

[BPPLEE]

Maybe he had had a few?

I've texted the wrong person when I was sober, I didn't give away national secrets but I gave some information I would rather have not

 

[wing2000]

The use of Signal doesn't really raise any security concerns for me (they use end-to-end encryption, and it's run by a US-based nonprofit). The main problems I have with this are data retention (because the messages are fully encrypted and tied to the accounts of the recipients, it would be relatively easy to destroy the records of anything sent through the app) and the fact that they were so easily able to add a non-government contact to a chat by accident.

Signal is secure for your average hacker. I would not have the same assumption for a state actor.

Alas, we now know the Trump Administration is making consequential decisions (military action) on a platform that could be compromised and provides no official record of their action.

 

[Fantine]

We need to fire his whole cabinet and start over.
Along with Musk, of course.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

We need to fire his whole cabinet and start over.
Along with Musk, of course.

How can someone be fired when they don't officially work there?

Musk is the perfect employee, no accountability, no paper trail, no pay.

 

[BPPLEE]

How can someone be fired when they don't officially work there?

Musk is the perfect employee, no accountability, no paper trail, no pay.

Hasn't anyone been paying attention? You can't fire government employees. The courts make you hire them back

 

[Laodicean60]

Chaulk one up for the Democrats damn idiot. He's not on Fox don't talk about the military he should be punished.

 

[essentialsaltes]

It's a national security fiasco AND we get a string of decent memes. Lose-Win!

 

[GoldenBoy89]

From DEI hires to DUI hires. Good to know our military is in safe, trembling hands.

 

[Fantine]

From DEI hires to DUI hires. Good to know our military is in safe, trembling hands.

You win for wit.

 

[DaisyDay]

What makes you think her server was secure? Intent was the question are you going to argue that Pete intended to text a reporter?

Because it's been a decade and no breech has surfaced. She had/has plenty of enemies, foreign and domestic, who would not hesitate to trumpet such a scandal to the skies.