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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] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

I'm not usually an alarmist, but this one has the hair on the back of my neck up...

This feels like a false flag to target journalists spreading "misinformation."

I was reading the Atlantic article thinking 'What a bunch of dumb fucks." Until I read this part:

The Hegseth message goes on to state, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus. 2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive

Hard stop right there. "This is intentional."

Then Tulsi comes out talking about "aggressively pursuing" journalists., and now P Heggs is just gonna play dumb?

Smells pretty bad, imo.

(False flag may not be the right term here, but I hope my point is still clear enough)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If he was blackout drunk at the time and he doesn’t remember sending it now, is he culpable when he’s sober? No. Clearly not. The buck stops somewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

"Nuh uh" is what you're going with, huh? The screenshots, the validation from your own administration... and your response is "didnt happen"?

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, going with denial in the face of concrete evidence to the contrary

Classic Trump move

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

"Wasn't me"

— Pete Hegseth

Ah yes, the classic Shaggy defense. What's that shit conservatives say? We're still in the first year.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus, these people are so fucking predictable.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We are starting an office pool on how fast He goes into DT's during Congressional questioning. It's only fair that he sits in the chair at least as long as Hillary did.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's adorable you think "fair" matters at all to these people.

If anything, they'll give him breaks to take emergency shots.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 weeks ago

The fucking White House confirmed this shit.

[–] [email protected] 150 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He knows they have the screenshots and the NSC confirmed it, right?

https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1904221405618577650

NSC statement:  "At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain. The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials. The ongoing success of the Houthi operation demonstrates that there were no threats to our servicemembers or our  national security." - NSC Spokesman Brian Hughes

The Trump administration does not deny this Signal group chat about the war planning for the Yemen strikes is real. Trump’s top national security advisers added reporter

@JeffreyGoldberg

@TheAtlantic

to the war planning text chain on non-government social media app, perhaps breaking secrecy laws. Read this shocking story below.

[–] [email protected] 106 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pro tip: if you change the x.com to xcancel.com you can make the link use a twitter mirror and not give Musk revenue if people click on the link

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[–] [email protected] 249 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah yes - the classic Trump approach.... just yell Fake News as loud as possible.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

I'm seriously hopeful that the people who have historically given into this lie are wising up.

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