Bunk Moreland said:

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Oh for God's sake, the administration has already confirmed the authenticity of the message. https://t.co/AxQGqqyux3

— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 24, 2025

Agree with Brit. Bad look.

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LoL.

They took lessons in gaslighting from Biden it looks like.

This will blow over in less than a week.

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Is that speculation or did Waltz say that's what happened? Is Greer normally a silent observer or an active participant, and would he normally be included in these type of planning meetings? Just lots of unanswered questions

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It is why I am hesitant to comment, or opine. The article made it sound like that Greer is on those types of calls and it is "plausible" that those on the call assumed "JG" was Greer and not Goldberg, but it still doesn't excuse the mistake.

I do know that Signal added usernames last year to allow you to hide your phone number and use the username, but I also know it has verification built in to confirm you are talking to who you think you are talking to.

My opinion is the most "plausible" explanation is:

• Someone added Goldberg from their contacts mistakenly adding JG "Goldberg" and not JG "Greer"
• Others on the call assumed JG was Greer, or didn't notice/question (the later being even worse)

In my opinion, Goldberg "should" have dropped or announced as soon as he was added and he realized what was being discussed. Did he have to? No, but I think he should have dropped and made his presence known. I have no issues with him reporting the misstep, but screen caps, choosing what to redact, etc is a bridge-too-far.

I have had various levels of clearance in my career and I have a duty to immediately disconnect, delete, and report on any information I am not authorized to access. I assume the same holds true for Goldberg to some extent.

I think they meant to add the Deputy SecDef (Steve Feinberg) to the chat and instead added Goldberg. Their names are close to each other and maybe he just picked the wrong person?

cslifer said:

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Of course other administrations were a train wreck, but can we not admit this one is a train wreck as well?

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Umm no, this is the first big mistake I have seen, and it happened 1 month in to his term. I hope they learned from it, Fing idiots.

I do not see anything else that is a wreck? The wreck I do see is the MSM, DEMs and everyone else that Trump has d*** slapped going crazy in reaction

One thing that is a wreck is the courts, hopefully that gets straightened out by congress or SC very soon.

But no, this administration is far far from a wreck at this point.

We fixed the keg said:

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Is that speculation or did Waltz say that's what happened? Is Greer normally a silent observer or an active participant, and would he normally be included in these type of planning meetings? Just lots of unanswered questions

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It is why I am hesitant to comment, or opine. The article made it sound like that Greer is on those types of calls and it is "plausible" that those on the call assumed "JG" was Greer and not Goldberg, but it still doesn't excuse the mistake.

I do know that Signal added usernames last year to allow you to hide your phone number and use the username, but I also know it has verification built in to confirm you are talking to who you think you are talking to.

My opinion is the most "plausible" explanation is:

• Someone added Goldberg from their contacts mistakenly adding JG "Goldberg" and not JG "Greer"
• Others on the call assumed JG was Greer, or didn't notice/question (the later being even worse)

In my opinion, Goldberg "should" have dropped or announced as soon as he was added and he realized what was being discussed. Did he have to? No, but I think he should have dropped and made his presence known. I have no issues with him reporting the misstep, but screen caps, choosing what to redact, etc is a bridge-too-far.

I have had various levels of clearance in my career and I have a duty to immediately disconnect, delete, and report on any information I am not authorized to access. I assume the same holds true for Goldberg to some extent.

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You also have the obligation to report any spillage you observe…

TOUCHDOWN! said:

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And of course Trump's response is to deflect any responsibility and attack The Atlantic.

"I'm not a big fan of the Atlantic. It's, to me, it's a magazine that's going out of business. I think it's not much of a magazine. But I know nothing about [the Goldberg article]."

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The Atlantic is a garbage, piece of **** joke of a rag. I don't blame him for calling them out.

AtticusMatlock said:

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Apparently VP Vance, Hegseth, and other top officials were discussing potential strikes on Houthi positions via the Signal app. The only problem was they accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic in their group chat. National Security advisor Mike Waltz apparently made the error in inviting him to the group. Screenshots have now been posted.

An absolute insane story today from The Atlantic, whose Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg as well as possible others appear to have been inadvertently added to a conversation over Signal earlier this month by U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in which Waltz, Secretary of… pic.twitter.com/fEsloBhqjw

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 24, 2025

Heads need to roll over this. Absolutely insane opsec here.

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How does that happen by accident?

FishrCoAg said:

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TexAgsSean said:

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TOUCHDOWN! said:

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And of course Trump's response is to deflect any responsibility and attack The Atlantic.

"I'm not a big fan of the Atlantic. It's, to me, it's a magazine that's going out of business. I think it's not much of a magazine. But I know nothing about [the Goldberg article]."

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The Atlantic is a garbage, piece of **** joke of a rag. I don't blame him for calling them out.

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Since this is the first time ever read from the Atlantic, you may be absolutely correct, but how is that relevant to this situation?

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Just wanted to make sure everyone knew it.

Senior people in govt discuss classified information in places they are not supposed to almost constantly. It's usually an accident, due to the fact they are always on the go, or just a lack of understanding of what classification level certain information holds.

This was next level disregard for the rules and I don't believe I have ever seen it so blatant with a nice chatroom label to call attention to the interesting topic. They knew this was wrong and felt they were above the rules.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Logos Stick said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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Oh for God's sake, the administration has already confirmed the authenticity of the message. https://t.co/AxQGqqyux3

— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 24, 2025

Agree with Brit. Bad look.

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LoL.

They took lessons in gaslighting from Biden it looks like.

This will blow over in less than a week.

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But Biden. Man is that getting tiresome.

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Well, all the leftists here defended every single thing Biden did for 4 years, and now pounce on anything and everything that happens with Trump so they bring that on themselves.

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AtticusMatlock said:

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Apparently VP Vance, Hegseth, and other top officials were discussing potential strikes on Houthi positions via the Signal app. The only problem was they accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic in their group chat. National Security advisor Mike Waltz apparently made the error in inviting him to the group. Screenshots have now been posted.

An absolute insane story today from The Atlantic, whose Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg as well as possible others appear to have been inadvertently added to a conversation over Signal earlier this month by U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in which Waltz, Secretary of… pic.twitter.com/fEsloBhqjw

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 24, 2025

Heads need to roll over this. Absolutely insane opsec here.

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How does that happen by accident?

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First initial, tab, second initial, tab... Don't look closely enough to who it grabbed.

I'm starting to lean this way. Either that or Vance is incredibly consistent with his views on Europe and the public statements aren't just political fodder.

Re: the Signal chat and The Atlantic article.

The minute I read the chat my very first thought was that Goldberg was specifically and deliberately included so that he would leak what he saw to the public. The idea was to let Europe know just how unhappy American leadership is… pic.twitter.com/Ex2aQOhXS2

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) March 24, 2025

That being said, there's no reason to leak anything to Europe through a journalist in this manner especially in a way that would embarrass or potentially embarrass the administration. Europe has already been plainly told what the position of the Trump Administration is.

Maybe Elon and send Big Balls over to the DoD to explain to leadership how not to **** up a group chat.

Captain Winky said:

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I was mostly addressing the posters like usmcbrooks who put all the blame on the journalist

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I never put all the blame on the journalist and there is no point arguing with you.

Dan Scott said:

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In the private sector if you accidentally share private sensitive information you're fired. Dude should be fired.

The reporter screwed up though. He bust his nut on this one story. Perhaps he could have communicated it back to the admin in exchange for longterm favors.

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Yeah, let's go ahead and let a reporter have blackmail information hanging over the head of a cabinet-level official. That's the ticket!

Fdsa said:

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We fixed the keg said:

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Is that speculation or did Waltz say that's what happened? Is Greer normally a silent observer or an active participant, and would he normally be included in these type of planning meetings? Just lots of unanswered questions

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It is why I am hesitant to comment, or opine. The article made it sound like that Greer is on those types of calls and it is "plausible" that those on the call assumed "JG" was Greer and not Goldberg, but it still doesn't excuse the mistake.

I do know that Signal added usernames last year to allow you to hide your phone number and use the username, but I also know it has verification built in to confirm you are talking to who you think you are talking to.

My opinion is the most "plausible" explanation is:

• Someone added Goldberg from their contacts mistakenly adding JG "Goldberg" and not JG "Greer"
• Others on the call assumed JG was Greer, or didn't notice/question (the later being even worse)

In my opinion, Goldberg "should" have dropped or announced as soon as he was added and he realized what was being discussed. Did he have to? No, but I think he should have dropped and made his presence known. I have no issues with him reporting the misstep, but screen caps, choosing what to redact, etc is a bridge-too-far.

I have had various levels of clearance in my career and I have a duty to immediately disconnect, delete, and report on any information I am not authorized to access. I assume the same holds true for Goldberg to some extent.

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You also have the obligation to report any spillage you observe…

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Well now you're just placing all the blame on the journalist, or so I have been told.

2023NCAggies said:

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Hegeseth you moron.

Well put communication between teams in the category of "needed improvement" for Trump.

No one told him the administration admitted to the mistake yet? Making the administration look dumb on the original topic, now Hegeseth looks even more stupid on top of that.

Do better. Communication is lacking

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He's probably loaded

On a scale from one to ten, this is a minus four.

Dems desperate to find anything to push back on get to laugh about this for about 24 more hours before it fades away. After that, the the next poll numbers will continue to indicate Americans dislike for everything they stand for.

Someone please DM me when something important happens. Zzzzzzzz

HollywoodBQ said:

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The biggest benefit from this incident so far is that all of the resident TexAgs lefties have shown up to celebrate.

Remember this thread the next time they say that they don't have a voice on TexAgs.

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In droves.

Sid Farkas said:

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On a scale from one to ten, this is a minus four.

Dems desperate to find anything to push back on get to laugh about this for about 24 more hours before it fades away. After that, the the next poll numbers will continue to indicate Americans dislike for everything they stand for.

Someone please DM me when something important happens. Zzzzzzzz

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You're right….this really affected nothing in the big scheme of things. But it's nice when you can say you do the little things right, follow the rules, hold the moral high ground, etc. This is what very junior people in the military do at their first duty station.

Have yall seen the leaked chat? To me it reads like the Atlantic guy was let in on purpose so he'd share this and have Europe be put on blast again

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Gaeilge said:

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TOUCHDOWN! said:

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Lock them up!!!

That's what we're supposed to do with people who use unsecured channels for classified government. communications, right guys?

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Put Hillary's ass behind bars first otherwise you're suggesting two tiers of justice.

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Deal

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It says so much about you that you'd want to be this administration in jail. What an easily manipulated Mensa candidate you are.