Breaking: Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats
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WSJ, you advocated for this presidency. You and your fellow current-occupant supporters own this. You cannot honestly hold that Harris's SecDef, regardless of who that person might have been,would have constituted such a disaster.
It's all ok. The boss doesn't want any record of anything. That's why they use Signal. In the legit way,there would be records. The boss doesn't like records and witness. So the guy is doing what his boss wants. Don't have big expectations for what will be his fate.
Why have Hegseth and others been using Signals chats instead of whatever secure official tool? Is it just convenience or to avoid scrutiny? If the latter, why? What are they trying to cover up?
Magats’ answer to the Presidential Records Act is not to be careful about what’s said in official channels, it’s to just avoid official channels and records. You can bet every goddamn piece of household name Regime shit is doing the same.
Exactly. Senator Ernst knew Hegseth was not qualified for the job, and she could have stopped his confirmation from getting out of committee, but like all the other spineless Republicans, she too caved to Trump.
That was obvious with the release of the first chat transcript. No one in the convo was concerned about being in a Signal chat. I’d bet at least half the admin has been using it to avoid transparency.
This administration is setting precedent on pushing the limits. If we are lucky enough to have an honest president next term, they will have the path cleared for them in getting people in positions and keeping them there until “they” want change. It’s a terrible precedent to start regardless by whom
Seriously, how hard is it to get the facts and report them? He was not using Signal, he was using TeleMessage, an unencrypted archive service for Signal.
Guess what else? TeleMessage got hacked today and yesterday.
See your readers got more from my reply than in your whole article!
No. I said other government officials and this includes that dumb ass Pete. Its an intelligent assumption based on how stupid this administration has been thus far.
Can you prove that he wasn't also using TeleMessage?
Even as Hegseth scolded Hillary for her emails and said she should be imprisoned for his perception of her improper use y not using a secure method. It is now years later, more secure ways to shield our secrets to be safe, with education shown how to prevent hackers, yet he broke the rules. 🤔
The potential for something catastrophic, like the "bin Laden determined to strike America" memo being ignored, but possibly even worse, feels all to real with these utterly incompetent people "at the helm" (in scare quotes because they're more concerned with Woke than with natsec.
He's an idiot. He has no sense of security needs and Trump puts him in the DOD... He is also out to wreck the operations of the Pentagon by firing the top leaders with experience so that idiots like him can manipulate the US Defense units. They are leading up to using the military against citizens!
We continue to hear about all these things that Trump & his cabinet & administration are doing that are out of protocol, violations of their oath of office & violations to the laws of our country & national security.
This is what I'm wondering about Waltz and use of the Israeli-designed Signal archiving app. Was this installed in order to let the Israelis and others have easy access to comms?
No doubt. Think of all the options they have & they knowingly chose to do this. It was strategic. I suspect including a journalist was, too, so that a whistleblower could let the world know without actually whistling.
You gotta admit, it’s an easy way for them to get around having to turn everything over to the National Archives. And a great way for them to “edit” what goes to the National Archives.
Besides not using officially established secure communication channels, the Signal folks are also circumventing their accountability by avoiding official record-keeping for posterity.
That is, they would, if they didn't occasionally copied in wild strangers who get to leak it to the media.
He already had to resign oder to be replaced, even impeached after the very first Signal Chat went public.
He is absolutely unbearable in any terms, and the fact, that he still is in office shows how far the Trump administration has come from any path of professionality or accountability.
In Hegseth's defence, he wasn't hired for his competence. He was hired to be the head of Trump's private army. He is using Signal to avoid FOIA laws and Trump is all for that. He'll never be sacked.
I'm certain he is still using it today. I hate him so much. I hate all of them. I also HATE the word hate, but no other word seems to convey the extent of loathe I feel for all these soulless fucks.
Has this moron no sense of security at all? When I was assigned to the Pentagon (1972-1977), I had 18 and 19-year old sailors who had a better sense of security than Hegspeth. Our SecDef is a walking security risk.
Republicans in the House and Senate will have absolutely no leg to stand on if or when a Dem occupies the Whitehouse if they try to vote against cabinet nominations. The standards are now ground level low. A monkey could choose a more qualified staff.
Whiskeyleaks Hegseth has no business in his current position. He makes us all unsafe. We have lost more reaper drones over Yemen than we have before. Russian spies caught in Germany had Hegseth's number. Hegseth is a national security risk. Shame on all of the GOP who voted for him.
Until he is charged with a crime, taken to trial, convicted, and jailed, this is who we have. And that will never ever ever happen. So what he did was effectively legal, because the American Justice system refuses to hold powerful white men accountable for anything.
When is this idiot gonna get fired already? Oh, wait, he has the only skills that actually matter in MAGA world: complete servility to Trump, a bitchy tone with the media, thinly veiled racism/misogyny, and cupidity.
If true, this is a serious breach of protocol. Government officials shouldn't be using encrypted apps like Signal for official business unless it's authorized and properly archived.
I think it's important to differentiate between the official Signal app and the less-secure clone that has apparently already been hacked when talking about this
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A total asshole
But hey --- we DON'T HAVE a president who gives a shit about national security, so ---
implying the LARGE chat
means that the overall strength of something (like a chain, team, or organization)
is determined by its weakest component.
Even if the majority of the elements are strong,
a single weak point can cause the entire system to fail.
https://bsky.app/profile/wsj.com/post/3loheh7kkds2p
Guess what else? TeleMessage got hacked today and yesterday.
See your readers got more from my reply than in your whole article!
Who do you think the "other government officials" are?
Can you prove that he wasn't also using TeleMessage?
But no one is addressing these grotesque acts.
It continues without control
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EMAILS
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Thanks for nothing.
That is, they would, if they didn't occasionally copied in wild strangers who get to leak it to the media.
>:(
https://micahflee.com/despite-misleading-marketing-israeli-company-telemessage-used-by-trump-officials-can-access-plaintext-chat-logs/
He is absolutely unbearable in any terms, and the fact, that he still is in office shows how far the Trump administration has come from any path of professionality or accountability.
BUT LOOK AT THE GUY NOMINATING - "THE BEST PEOPLE"
(& spineless Senate bastards consenting to the craziness)
THEY MUST ALL BE FIRED / IMPEACHED / REMOVED
TO SAVE AMERICA FROM DESTROYING ITSELF!
#uspoli
poster child
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/tech-site-404-media-says-signal-like-app-used-by-trump-adviser-was-hacked-2025-05-05/
This country is done.
Merit based 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
1-900-NO-OPSEC?