The White House on Monday confirmed that a journalist was included in a text group in which U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others planned military strikes in Yemen.
usually when politicians use Signal it’s because they don’t want their messages FOIA’d or audited. I can’t really imagine Vance or Hegseth worrying about that, though, which makes me wonder if it’s just horrible opsec, if they can’t be bothered to use a SCIF or what?
That’s exactly what it’s about. There are appropriate channels for this sort of communication, that his mobsters refuse to use because they don’t want officials gaining access to it in the event of investigations. Why did Trump tear up and eat official presidential notes? They don’t want a record for light to be shone on.
Via an unclassified, unmanaged, and unmonitored Signal channel, no less. If you or I did that, we’d go to federal prison.
usually when politicians use Signal it’s because they don’t want their messages FOIA’d or audited. I can’t really imagine Vance or Hegseth worrying about that, though, which makes me wonder if it’s just horrible opsec, if they can’t be bothered to use a SCIF or what?
That’s exactly what it’s about. There are appropriate channels for this sort of communication, that his mobsters refuse to use because they don’t want officials gaining access to it in the event of investigations. Why did Trump tear up and eat official presidential notes? They don’t want a record for light to be shone on.
buttery males
Remember when Republicans went up in arms about Hillary’s emails?