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The War -Chat -Beck -Pisode– In which details on a recent bombarding mission by Defense Minister Pete Hegseth were sent to the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the funniest fuckups of the White House of all time had to be. Instead of admitting that they have made a mistake, Hegseth and his government have committed allies a number of increasingly ridiculous arguments to justify what happened. At the same time, Hegseth tried to attack and demonize Goldberg and the Atlantic because he simply reported on the information that Hegseth himself sent to the journalists.
Hegseth went to X on Wednesday The claim The second history of the Atlantic showed that he had not published any “war plans”, which implies that Goldberg was a kind of fabulist. Hegseth scolded: “So let me make it clear. The Atlantic published the so -called” war plans “and these” plans “include: no names. No goals. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information. These are some really shitty war plans, “he said.” This is only proving one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or a “attack plan” (as he now calls it). Not even nearby. “
Hegseth is demanding Language analysis The difference between “war” and “attack” (because apparently a military “attack” with bombs is not a act of war) runs in parallel Another dopy claim be made by his followers. This claim suggests that Hegseth, as the head of DOD, is ultimately responsible for what is classified and what is not and that the information that was shared with a prominent journalist did not rose to the level of government secrets. Hegseth has it too Answered questions Whether the signal chat has taken place on personal (in contrast to state-issued) cell phones, what is the security subject because personal phones are much more hackbar than government. “No one SMS war plans,” said Hegseth recently to a journalist who asked about the phone. “I know exactly what I do,” he said, adding: “I am really proud of what we have achieved.”
In the meantime, right -wing influencers like Ian Miles Cheong have made excuses for why the true guilt for the incident should be laid in the media, not in Hegseth. “Signal was called” gold standard “for encrypted comms. Not only by security experts, but from the Atlantic itself. Clinton and the Obama government used it” Recently written on x. “Suddenly it’s a problem that Trump’s people use it? I don’t buy it.” Yes, although it is true that Signal is considered a really good civil data protection app, it is for civilians, not for leaders of the most powerful military in the world that are regularly attacked by foreign agents. The feature of the group chats is the most susceptible element for hacking, as it is easiest through social engineering, stupidity or whatever Michael Waltz claims when he added the publisher of a magazine to the war chat.
Hegseth’s complete defense seems inconsistent at best and, in the worst case, is divorced by reality. On the one hand, it seems to be clear that some of the information in chat or should have been classified. Members of the congress seem to believe that this is the case and a current Pentagon officer Interviewed by CNN has claimed the same. “These are operational plans that are highly classified to protect the service members,” said the anonymous source, which is referred to as the US defense officer. “It is certain to say that everyone in uniform is brought to court for this,” he added. How outrageous was the operational security failure of the group chat? The same nameless civil servant said even his “junior analysts know that they don’t do this”.
Hell A former Trump official claimed that the information is also classified. Mick Mulroy, described as the top official of the Pentagon for the Middle East policies during the first Trump administration. told the military times: “This information was clearly taken from the real -time order of the combat sequence of ongoing operation. It is highly classified and protected.”
In a situation that is already thoroughly stupid, Hegseth’s insistence makes him not doing anything wrong. If this is a normal chain of events, why doesn’t Hegseth Goldberg make a permanent lamp in all IC chats before the bombs? It can be an ongoing column for the Atlantic: “Here is when and where America will bomb next!” And the Americans can set themselves over upcoming air campaigns in the hours before the bombs have been stopped. Perhaps the government can work with Wikileaks and publish the text messages in real time so that Americans (and, as you know, the rest of the world), are on the same side when a US military operation is underway.
Other participants in the chat fiasco were placed on Wednesday during one of the explosion Hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. In particular, the new director of the national secret services, Tulsi Gabbard, continued to answer questions about the incident and was therefore not particularly suitable for their role. In a certain back and forth with Congressman Jim Himes (D-Connecticut), Gabard revealed that (unless, as you know, a liar) she is a shockingly bad memory for a person who is now the task of the entire US intelligence community.
Himes asked Gabard During a separate hearing of the congress that took place on Tuesday, she said that she did not believe that the conversation contained specific information about US weapon packages, goals or timing. She replied: “Yesterday’s answer was based on my memory or the lack of it.”
Himes: “So it is your testimony that you had a signal chat less than two weeks ago, in which all this information about F-18 and MQ-9 Reapers and goals in the strike and you simply forgot that this was there? This is your certificate?”
Gabard: “My testimony is that I don’t remember the exact details of what was included there.”
Himes: “That was not your testimony. Your testimony was that you know nothing about anything with weapons packages, goals and timing.”
Gabard then replied that she did not remember the exact wording she had used in the hearing from the previous day. In other words, gabbard seems to have problems in the past to remember things that have done a question of days (or even hours).
The government is now now put together a team To understand how Goldberg was added to the group chat, even though the screenshots of the news published by Goldberg (the goods verified As authentic from the National Security Council) Show clearly that Goldberg has been added to the chat From the national security advisor Michael Waltz. Instead of recognizing this, the White House has now commissioned Waltz itself, with examine what happened. Also on the investigation team is the National Security Council, the White House’s office and the Doge team of Elon Musk because they know that they know that they have it Never did anything stupid.
