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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied allegations that he texted classified war plans to a Signal group chat that mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.

The National Security Council confirmed the chat’s authenticity but called the inclusion of Goldberg an inadvertent mistake.

Lawmakers from both parties demanded investigations, with former CIA Director Leon Panetta warning of potential espionage violations.

Hegseth dismissed Goldberg as a "deceitful" journalist. Trump denied knowledge of the incident.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

To be fair he was probably blacked out at the time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

No justice without truth, Congress won't impeach and DOJ won't prosecute, we've been here before with Mueller and the insurrection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Don’t be negative. Push for change. Protest! https://www.mobilize.us/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Shambolic reporting featuring bothsides arguements. Farce masquerading as truth. America deserves what it voted for (or didn't bother to).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

First reaction from the republicans, This was a mistake, and we all make mistakes. Second round, these messages show how great our officials at doing their jobs and making the hard decisions. The latest , that never happened to begin with, it's a disgraced news outlet and a disgraced journalist. Even their spin doctors are dumb as fuck. Pick one and stick with it you imbeciles...this abc politics

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

They're saying he didn't share classified war plans and you need to check the word usage with such lies. What probably happened was that they declassified everything that was shared. So what he is saying is now technically correct - the war plans are not classified. So he did not share 'classified' plans. This would also mean Tulsi is not 'lying' when she says that no classified information was shared. Typical obfuscation of facts by words.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 days ago

House Speaker Mike Johnson to reporters on Monday after news of the messages spread: "I just was with the president in the Oval Office just now. The administration is addressing what happened. Apparently, an inadvertent phone number made it onto that thread. They are going to track that down and make sure it doesn't happen again."

Sounds great, how about we start by following fucking protocol? And not using a chat app on a damn mobile phone to have discussions on this scale?? Huh???

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I want to see the contents of the text message. Holy shit, what a bunch of dumb fucks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Thank you. Yep, every single one of those motherfucking Russian supporting losers should be shit canned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I'm a little surprised that article name wasn't taken.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Oh, love it. For posterity !

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I demand consequences

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sooo Pete didn’t do it, but trump also says that Pete learned his lesson?

US is a joke. A very dangerous joke.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

Admit it but say it isn't a big deal, but also deny that it ever happened. Let your followers pick whichever version they prefer. Profit!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

It's deny, deflect, and then what? Let's see I didn't do, I did it but her emails, I did it so what? An I missing a step?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Disgusting comments about Europe in the group chat. The USA is a pariah state; the sooner we disentangle from it, the better.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

where can one see the actual comments?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

Here: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans By Jeffrey Goldberg

The account identified as “JD Vance” addressed a message at 8:45 to @Pete Hegseth: “if you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.” (The administration has argued that America’s European allies benefit economically from the U.S. Navy’s protection of international shipping lanes.)
The user identified as Hegseth responded three minutes later: “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

He must have been drunk and had a blackout.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Oh sure, now he wants to wash his hands of something.

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