“Let’s just make sure our messaging is tight here.”
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Following continued downplaying of the incident by officials with the Trump Administration, who continue to claim that what was talked about in the recent Signal group-chat regarding strikes against the Houthis in Yemen was not considered “war planning” and was not classified; Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief for The Atlantic, has now released what appears to be the full chat-log for the group in Signal, as well as the identity of every person included in the chat. The log proves that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was the one to add Goldberg to the group, as well as claims by Goldberg that information about strike timing, weapons systems, and targets were posted in the chat by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hours before the start of the strike operation in Yemen.
https://video.nostr.build/7986427780c33f6d6e6a484ff51017edde54122d4b67ef24f2ccbb57f06503e9.mp4
Discussion
Other than the error itself being a story, shouldn't this journalist have immediately warned them that they made the error instead of eavesdropping? If I, for example, am accidentally copied on opposing counsel's internal communications and I dont tell them and exploit that, I get disbarred.
Different profession/situation different rules and motivations. I doubt there’s anything illegal about him staying silent but you’re the lawyer. It’s a fucking jackpot for a journalist.
They have good lawyers there so I'm sure he covered his ass before going live and I am all for exposing shit security within our administration. But something about this bothers me.
I understand where you’re coming from with your professions code- I see it a little different here though. If you’re communicating in backchannels for expediency, fine - but then rules of the jungle apply. These are the consequences of fucking up in the arena they chose to play in.