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Text Me
Author: BobR
Date: 03/26/2025 12:53:22
Let's be honest - we've all used a chat app. Whether it's Skype or Facebook messenger or Discord, or even the comments of a blog (like this one), we've communicated using a chat app. The Blog Diva and I chatted on a regular phone text for months before making the leap to talking on the phone.
The difference, of course, is that we're not high-ranking officials in the federal government, and we didn't talk about classified military operations.
As you may have guessed, I am referring to the shocking lack of competence being shown by the members of the current administration, when they accidentally invited a journalist to a group chat while discussing plans to bomb Yemen:
(bold-face mine)
Here's the fun part:
Hegseth claims nothing specific was discussed in the chat, but some of the significant details were described by Goldberg. Keep in mind that Waltz is the White House National Security Advisor (!), a position that one would hope understands, you know, security.
Hearings were held, concerns were voiced, yadda yadda, no one is going to lose their job. The Dems don't have the numbers, and the Reps don't have the cojones. Just another day in our fucked-up country.
The difference, of course, is that we're not high-ranking officials in the federal government, and we didn't talk about classified military operations.
As you may have guessed, I am referring to the shocking lack of competence being shown by the members of the current administration, when they accidentally invited a journalist to a group chat while discussing plans to bomb Yemen:
The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat. In addition to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, it included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s director of national intelligence.
Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.
Hegseth in his first comments on the matter attacked Goldberg as “deceitful” and a “discredited so-called journalist” while alluding to previous critical reporting of Trump from the publication. He did not shed light on why Signal was being used to discuss the sensitive operation or how Goldberg ended up on the message chain.
[...]
The administration’s handling of the highly sensitive information was swiftly condemned by Democratic lawmakers. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called for a full investigation.
“This is one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said in a floor speech Monday afternoon.
(bold-face mine)
Here's the fun part:
The handling of national defense information is strictly governed by law under the century-old Espionage Act, including provisions that make it a crime to remove such information from its “proper place of custody” even through an act of gross negligence.
Hegseth claims nothing specific was discussed in the chat, but some of the significant details were described by Goldberg. Keep in mind that Waltz is the White House National Security Advisor (!), a position that one would hope understands, you know, security.
Hearings were held, concerns were voiced, yadda yadda, no one is going to lose their job. The Dems don't have the numbers, and the Reps don't have the cojones. Just another day in our fucked-up country.
