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Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.

  • rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m shocked that the administration of “Put the big boxes of top secret docs under the bathroom chandelier” would mishandle secret war plans.

  • leadore@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    No heads will roll. What most stories miss is that the main reason they didn’t use official channels for this (and most likely many of their other conversations as well) is that they don’t want to comply with the Federal Records Act. They don’t want there to be a record of a lot of the shit they’re saying and doing and plan to do.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I know why the guy came clean, but it would have been so much more useful if we stayed on the chat. Really a big missed opportunity.

      • leadore@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        OTOH he did stay on it as long as he could while still being able to protect himself by saying he didn’t think it could be real and most likely a scam or attempt to entrap, plus the thread was basically over by then anyway.

        • pleasegoaway@lemm.ee
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          2 years ago

          Yep. If he stayed on the chat too long he would have been arrested for espionage and imprisoned for life.

          The trump regime’s gross incompetence put him in a dangerous position.

          • leadore@lemmy.world
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            2 years ago

            Meanwhile, I suspect that someone on the inside quietly looped the journalist into the group as a way to expose what’s been going on. If so, that person is in grave danger.

  • greenhorn@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Hegseth is now saying it didn’t actually happen, matching their incompetence with dishonesty, the tone of this “merit based” administration

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Killing people in the middle east has been a source of income for us since the 1950s, a chat room error can only happen since the 90s, it’s the new interesting thing for the media to gawk at as people are being killed.

    • kava@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      well said. I’m surprised at the reaction towards this specific event.

      the administration is purging the federal government, rerouting tens of thousands of federal agents to enforce immigration (literally 80% of ATF is now focused on immigration. DEA, FBI, IRS, and more are all being recruited to help with immigration), illegally ignoring court orders, using a Stasi-like group of unmarked federal agents to intimidate with threats of criminal prosecution and force people into compliance (look at what happened at the SS office or the non-profit U.S. Institute of Peace), giving executive orders that are blatantly and explicitly unconstitutional (like the one to end birthright citizenship)

      that isn’t even starting to mention the genocide happening in Palestine that is not only being condoned but openly embraced. we are arresting and attempting to deport individuals whose only crime is that they are anti-Israel. permanent residents are being denied entry into the country because they have a photo of a Hezbollah leader on their phone

      the administration is using coercion and threats to force over 60 universities (Colombia being the most visible) to change the things they are teach, abandon certain policies, suppress student speech, and dramatically increase police presence. all in the name of fighting “anti-semitism”

      it has only been a couple of months and right now Congress is making a stink about a text message

  • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    “House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) offered more of a defensive response, arguing that the administration “has acknowledged it was a mistake.”” THEY LITERALLY DIDN’T. You have one of the guys from the chats saying ‘look how insightful this chat is we demonstrated impeccable leadership and no one was hurt (because the journalist was legit and didn’t offer the info to America’s enemies’

  • GooberEar@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If (isConservative(fuckwad) === true) then “totally okay” else “not okay at all, impeach, repeal, reject”;

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I think the important thing here is to not get distracted and focus on what’s really important:

    Hillary’s emails.