‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration's war plan group chat

[0311]

What I see is that the Democrats are absolutely DESPERATE for any piece of dirt they can IMAGINE because they have absolutely nothing to offer the public.

What I see is ReNaziKlans doing helluva godamn
C.Y A. A gross violation of National Seurity and you people are more than willing to accept it.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

The app is used for future deniability. You can’t find the receipts, if they’ve been erased.

As it turns out...

Signal is an approved app for conducting government business...

 

[konradv]

As it turns out...

Signal is an approved app for conducting government business...

Sure it is, just not for highly sensitive military discussions. That’s a clear violation and should and would be actionable, if this were a normal administration.

 

[kyzr]

Sure it is, just not for highly sensitive military discussions. That’s a clear violation and should and would be actionable, if this were a normal administration.

Instead of typing opinions, you might try putting up a link proving your assertion.

MSN

Ratcliffe: Signal was approved for communication use by Biden administration​

CIA Director John Ratcliffe maintained in a heated exchange before a Senate panel that his participation in a Signal group chat, which discussed attacking the Houthis, was above the books and completely legal.
"It is permissible to use to communicate and coordinate for work purposes provided, provided, senator, that any decisions made are also recorded through formal channels," Ratcliffe testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning. "My communications, to be clear, in a single message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information."

 

[JohnDB]

 

[konradv]

Instead of typing opinions, you might try putting up a link proving your assertion.

MSN

Ratcliffe: Signal was approved for communication use by Biden administration​

CIA Director John Ratcliffe maintained in a heated exchange before a Senate panel that his participation in a Signal group chat, which discussed attacking the Houthis, was above the books and completely legal.
"It is permissible to use to communicate and coordinate for work purposes provided, provided, senator, that any decisions made are also recorded through formal channels," Ratcliffe testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning. "My communications, to be clear, in a single message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information."

How did you miss this? I’ve posted it several times. The above is just CYA. This is the real story. Remember, he has the receipts. The other people in the chat had it set to delete in a certain amount of time in violation of the Presidential Records Act.



Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg

 

[kyzr]

How did you miss this? I’ve posted it several times. The above is just CYA. This is the real story. Remember, he has the receipts. The other people in the chat had it set to delete in a certain amount of time in violation of the Presidential Records Act.
Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg

1. No argument that letting Goldberg into the discussion was a royal fuckup. Walz admits to it.

2. My Ratcliffe post was just proving that Signal was legally approved for use to reply to this post of yours:
"Sure it is, just not for highly sensitive military discussions. That’s a clear violation and should and would be actionable, if this were a normal administration."

3. Walz and Trump also agree that going forward all of the participants will be in the room or in SCIFS

 

[konradv]

1. No argument that letting Goldberg into the discussion was a royal fuckup. Walz admits to it.

2. My Ratcliffe post was just proving that Signal was legally approved for use to reply to this post of yours:
"Sure it is, just not for highly sensitive military discussions. That’s a clear violation and should and would be actionable, if this were a normal administration."

3. Walz and Trump also agree that going forward all of the participants will be in the room or in SCIFS

It shows incompetence and I’m not convinced security breaches will not happen in the future. Their assurances aren’t credible. Experienced officials shouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes.

 

[kyzr]

It shows incompetence and I’m not convinced security breaches will not happen in the future. Their assurances aren’t credible. Experienced officials shouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes.

True.

But please recall that Biden's SECDEF Austin went to the hospital for days without telling anyone.
How does that happen at that level??????

One other royal fuckup was when 13 Americans died in AFG because a sniper asked to shoot the suicide bomber and someone in the Biden admin told him "NO". I still don't know who made that bad call.

Screw-ups happen. They shouldn't but they do. This one thankfully didn't cause any injuries.

 

[konradv]

True.

But please recall that Biden's SECDEF Austin went to the hospital for days without telling anyone.
How does that happen at that level??????

One other royal fuckup was when 13 Americans died in AFG because a sniper asked to shoot the suicide bomber and someone in the Biden admin told him "NO". I still don't know who made that bad call.

Screw-ups happen. They shouldn't but they do. This one thankfully didn't cause any injuries.

How about Trump releasing Taliban terrorists?

 

[LeftofLeft]

Listening to the Left lecture US about communications security concerns is laughable given their indifference to Hillary running rogue Internet infrastructure during her tenure as Secretary of State. We are also coming on the heels of the Biden Administration stranding Astronauts in space for nearly a year which speaks to either incompetence or malice.

 

[konradv]

Listening to the Left lecture US about communications security concerns is laughable given their indifference to Hillary running rogue Internet infrastructure during her tenure as Secretary of State. We are also coming on the heels of the Biden Administration stranding Astronauts in space for nearly a year which speaks to either incompetence or malice.

What about the hypocrisy of those who bashed Clinton and are silent now? The Democrats admonished Hillary. We’re waiting Republicans.

 

[LeftofLeft]

What about the hypocrisy of those who bashed Clinton and are silent now? The Democrats admonished Hillary. We’re waiting Republicans.

Security is my profession and this was a big fuckup….. but, I’m not going to listen to the critics from your side lecture on security concerns when they minimized the malice and intent of running a rogue piece of the Internet and try and equate it to a personal email address usage. Conservatives, Republicans, MAGA…. all have a responsibility to look at this incident critically.

 

[sealybobo]

'Members of Congress and national security staffers were stunned Monday by a bombshell report that top Trump administration officials — including the vice president and Defense secretary — discussed war plans in a Signal group chat.

Many raised concerns about the potential mishandling of classified information as well as sensitive details regarding U.S. war plans.

“Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), an Army veteran who sits on the Armed Services Committee, wrote on X. “If House Republicans won’t hold a hearing on how this happened IMMEDIATELY, I’ll do it my damn self.”'

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/hegseth-national-security-group-chat-atlantic-reaction-00244983

There’s no limit to this ‘administration’s’ incompetence – further proof Trump is unfit to be president.

Team Trump says no classified information was included in the chat

The Atlantic Publishes War Plans Discussed In Signal Group Chat

Jeffrey Goldberg had previously withheld sharing some of those messages over concerns that their content was too sensitive.

www.huffpost.com

“The statements by Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, and [President Donald] Trump—combined with the assertions made by numerous administration officials that we are lying about the content of the Signal texts—have led us to believe that people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions,”

What is Signal, the messaging app Trump team used to share war plans?​

Didn't these guys cry about Hillary using an unsecure server?

 

[22lcidw]

What about the hypocrisy of those who bashed Clinton and are silent now? The Democrats admonished Hillary. We’re waiting Republicans.

Who is silent. She is not as relevant. Progs admonishing Hillary? Goldberg is Progressive Socialist Communist. He will never be trusted from a growing percentage of the population.

 

[Crepitus]

'Members of Congress and national security staffers were stunned Monday by a bombshell report that top Trump administration officials — including the vice president and Defense secretary — discussed war plans in a Signal group chat.

Many raised concerns about the potential mishandling of classified information as well as sensitive details regarding U.S. war plans.

“Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), an Army veteran who sits on the Armed Services Committee, wrote on X. “If House Republicans won’t hold a hearing on how this happened IMMEDIATELY, I’ll do it my damn self.”'

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/hegseth-national-security-group-chat-atlantic-reaction-00244983

There’s no limit to this ‘administration’s’ incompetence – further proof Trump is unfit to be president.

Just found out Steve Witkoff was sitting in a waiting room inside the Kremlin while participating.

Wanna bet he was on their WIFI?

 

[Crepitus]

Team Trump says no classified information was included in the chat

The Atlantic Publishes War Plans Discussed In Signal Group Chat

Jeffrey Goldberg had previously withheld sharing some of those messages over concerns that their content was too sensitive.

www.huffpost.com

“The statements by Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, and [President Donald] Trump—combined with the assertions made by numerous administration officials that we are lying about the content of the Signal texts—have led us to believe that people should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions,”

What is Signal, the messaging app Trump team used to share war plans?​

Didn't these guys cry about Hillary using an unsecure server?

A. it's wasn't "unsecure".

B. The administration made her change it.

C. You children did enough crying for all of us.

D. Why aren't you crying about this is you think it's the same?

 

[konradv]

Who is silent. She is not as relevant. Progs admonishing Hillary? Goldberg is Progressive Socialist Communist. He will never be trusted from a growing percentage of the population.

MAGA lies.

 

[Lesh]

Sounds like another hoax.

Well look at that.

You’re wrong once again

 

[konradv]

Security is my profession and this was a big fuckup….. but, I’m not going to listen to the critics from your side lecture on security concerns when they minimized the malice and intent of running a rogue piece of the Internet and try and equate it to a personal email address usage. Conservatives, Republicans, MAGA…. all have a responsibility to look at this incident critically.

So, you’re leaving the board? It’s not I’m going to stop.