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radiofreetom.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Huge if true

Angus King doesn't buy Gabbard's testimony that war plans ahead of military strikes isn't actually classified information

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recluse2567.bsky.social•65 days ago

Isn't it classified by nature?

comeonforsome.bsky.social•65 days ago

She talks that way because she’s been in a cult and now is in a new cult

jimhealdmusic.bsky.social•65 days ago

Totally bonkers.

grammacappy.bsky.social•65 days ago

Hmm...do I detect snark. I am thinking you would be teaching the class of classified actually is. 🤔

princemyshkin2.bsky.social•65 days ago

God help us cause this is totally insane stuff

jasmineweidenb1.bsky.social•65 days ago

I love your sarcasm🥰. What I don't understand is why they just can't admit that they made a mistake and apologize for it. They don't have to admit that they intended for the chat disappear and not be part of the official archive, many would be none the wiser. Yet, they chose to publicly lie instead.

scottinjupiter.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why? Nothing is going to happen.

dan-kirchoff.bsky.social•65 days ago

That's why we elected him. Doesn't take any bullsh**t.

patfeb55.bsky.social•65 days ago

He's been strangely quiet lately.

anne23e.bsky.social•65 days ago

Holy shit! What is an idiot who doesn’t believe war plans are classified doing in that job? Are you seeing it now, Republican senators?

chefjohnwoods.bsky.social•65 days ago

Gabbard looked like she was just trying not to break out laughing througb most of this charade,,, nothings gonna happen and they all know it.
They got the power..
We’re fucked..

bengrabenstein.bsky.social•65 days ago

In two weeks I see a friend who flew the early missions during the Persian Gulf War. I'm going to ask how he'd feel about the information being leaked before taking off an aircraft carrier.

agateboy.bsky.social•65 days ago

why not make it simple and ask..."If there is no classified info in the text exchange" can "the Atlantic " release the entire text chain? Checkmate

emmyjay.bsky.social•65 days ago

They just keep looking dumber

gb5nm.bsky.social•65 days ago

How about COMMON SENSE!

kerrybostonfan42.bsky.social•65 days ago

Regardless, if she is testifying that she believes it isn't, she needs to resign immediately. Major National Security threat!

lerris.bsky.social•65 days ago

From Wikipedia public release of Top Secret information would cause exceptional grave damage, while Secret is just serious damage. The release of that chain could have gotten our people killed and made further efforts untenable.

Sure sounds like #1 to me.

brownejax2024.bsky.social•65 days ago

A undercover CIA agents name????? It was in the chat, the location, the bombs, even the names of who this would assassinate. This is classified. She's a russian spy.

lebt.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is getting to be a real clown act from the inept people of trump world.

independentmedia.bsky.social•65 days ago

People have gone to prison for the same thing...
Jason Gray was sentenced to 7 years in prison,
Jack Teixeira was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

They should be in jail.

pbcf.bsky.social•65 days ago

Roll over what other questions were answered that she didn’t remember. How could she atest to anything if she remembers nothing?

kimokirkpatrick.bsky.social•65 days ago

Gab-Bird, DNI . Driveler of Nothing Intelligent.

davezeltserman.bsky.social•65 days ago

Is anything huge under Trump when there are no consequences for anything they do, even trying to overthrow our government?

bruvaho.bsky.social•65 days ago

If it is not classified, just ask to disclose it.

prismcomplex.bsky.social•65 days ago

It can’t be. But if it is, nothing should prevent @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social from releasing the “Goldberg Cut”.

underbrush.bsky.social•65 days ago

#Trump loves this! TV time good. Kabuki theater. Nobody will get fired. Business as usual. On to the next own the libs lies rusia rusia rusia fake news. What will the American people do when US citizens get killed? When a Navy ship takes a missile broad side because of these clowns. #Treason

atarifan2600.bsky.social•65 days ago

Everything’s being justified as a wartime act so the executive can justify deporting citizens and shutting down every program it doesnn’t agree with-

But discussing strikes on military targets isn’t exactly WAR PLANNING, that’s just day to day locker talk.

alquitti.bsky.social•65 days ago

Exactly!

cdbrow1.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is why Japan sent all those Pearl Harbor attack plans in the clear.

copperhyjynx.bsky.social•64 days ago

More interesting was the later inquiry into whether she conducted the chat on her personal phone or Gov phone. I would wager my next paycheck that the majority of the people on the call used their personal phones. Any takers.

foxmccloudstarfx.bsky.social•65 days ago

Tulsa Gabbart's career is over.

unionbbradschmid.bsky.social•65 days ago

Tulsi "I defer" sounds to me like, I take the fifth.

snoopyfan3.bsky.social•65 days ago

There bathroom time is probably classified. This is laughable.

voodoo54.bsky.social•65 days ago

Turns out “true” depends on who you vote for and what news station you watch.

swellgal.bsky.social•65 days ago

They're lying, they don't recall, they simply don't get it! DEIs replaced with DAIs - dumb ass incompetents!

jimbrowski12.bsky.social•65 days ago

I think there's a good reason we kept a tight lid on Operation Overlord.

cliff-d-w.bsky.social•65 days ago

At the very least it was classified before the operation.

They have Hegseth et al between a rock and a hard place

If they claim the plans were NOT classified, they are either lying or are beneath Incompetence

If they admit they were classified then it's proven they are beneath Incompetence

norquistnemesis.bsky.social•65 days ago

He grifts the buck$ but bears no responsibility.

cliff-d-w.bsky.social•65 days ago

Just to reiterate , operations plans of this type are ALWAYS classified, this should be obvious why .

cliff-d-w.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ratcliffe and Gabbard know this as well, hence the verbal tightrope walk today...
"sir I cannot answer that because it is under review"

hilde45.bsky.social•65 days ago

Like a cardiac surgeon asking, "Where's the heart again?"

upon-a-thought.bsky.social•65 days ago

What would happen if Jeffrey Goldberg released that part of the Signal Chat from Pete Hegseth containing "operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing"
Nothing? No charges against Goldberg?

sr71-pandaworks.bsky.social•65 days ago

“Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption, and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted; none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain.”
--Kevin Mitnick

diary-of-a-madman.bsky.social•65 days ago

Any battle plan is highly classified. It doesn't matter if they actually use them or not. This is like during WWII when a member in congress said where our subs were, then we lost some of them along with good sailors as well.

iainsut.bsky.social•65 days ago

Considering she was military, of course she knows that is not true

scottfaldon.bsky.social•65 days ago

Wasn't the name of a CIA operative available in the chat?

wiese2154.bsky.social•65 days ago

According to the CIA Director's testimony, that CIA officer is not operational and therefore their name can be broadcast far and wide.
You can't make this up. It's just perjury. They think they can say whatever they want.

jkswonder.bsky.social•65 days ago

If operational, why even mention the person? And I thought we protected the names of all of them so, you know, no one tries to delete them.

blueskybar.bsky.social•64 days ago

The full chat has now been published by Atlantic magazine, to prove they weren't lying.
It's true.

aggiewill666.bsky.social•65 days ago

Heard they outed a vis operative also

louab.bsky.social•65 days ago

She is lying.

mom6.bsky.social•65 days ago

Someone should ask Gabbard what her interpretation of classified information is.

stevehuntsman.bsky.social•65 days ago

Classification hardly matters compared to the fact that this is manifestly national defense information

The former is covered by an EO

The latter is covered by the Espionage Act

spanymom.bsky.social•64 days ago

The cat is out of the bag. Republicans don’t care about America, only Trump. We are all f*cked.

davegodin.bsky.social•65 days ago

These are the same people who think it's perfectly okay to store classified information in an unsecured bathroom and Trump (in theory) declaring the info unclassified means it's discovery by bad actors no longer constitutes grave damage to our security.

lorrainejoy1010.bsky.social•65 days ago

She’s a skunk. Every word she speaks reeks of the putrid lies we continue to hear from this incompetent administration.

reallokio.bsky.social•65 days ago

Trump was continually thinking about the data being unclassified as the classified data was being generated, so it's all cool.

alanfarago.bsky.social•65 days ago

lol.

maggiemcfly.bsky.social•65 days ago

They got it untangled by the end of the hearing. Ratcliffe and Gabbard were saying it was not classified bc they were claiming the DoD has the power to classify things. So "to their knowledge," it was not classified bc Hegseth said there was nothing classified in the texts.

farmersdaughter1.bsky.social•65 days ago

Did he now? I can say water runs uphill but it don't make it so.

radiofreetom.bsky.social•65 days ago

Makes no sense

davetait.bsky.social•65 days ago

"It's no big secret -- gonna be June 6, early morning. Tell the gang. Come one, come all."

inthecenterhoping.bsky.social•65 days ago

Well when you have someone who has allied herself with Russia, selected to head up our national intelligence...

Of course she’d say these secret detailed military attack plans aren’t classified.

annabellelecter.bsky.social•64 days ago

There was intelligence on that chain, but it's gone now.

kate411.bsky.social•65 days ago

We dont buy it either Mr. King. So why do you vote with republicans?

radiofreetom.bsky.social•65 days ago

He doesn’t

tombucsfan.bsky.social•65 days ago

He is an Independent and caucuses with the Democrats even though he could chair committees if he caucused as a GOP. Granted Senate Chairmanships are a less valuable commodity under Trump.

wiese2154.bsky.social•65 days ago

We need more independents. This is frigging ridiculous.

tombucsfan.bsky.social•65 days ago

King did not run against Hillary in 2016 and have his mostly white supporters heckled AA leadership at the convention like Sanders. Mr. Independent Bernie also promoted his version of HC plan in Colorado that got 21% of the vote.

tombucsfan.bsky.social•65 days ago

King is an independent that who votes with Democrats like Bernie Sanders. Bernie is promote as the Savior of the Democratic party even though he has never been one. Even worse no one remembers that Sanders blocked Obama's nominees to the Post Office board that gave Trump control of the board.

ricck75.bsky.social•65 days ago

Please assure everyone that DNI doesn’t stand for Director Of National Intelligence. It doesn’t right? Right?

jim0novak.bsky.social•65 days ago

If not classified then they should be able to release all their chats on the app — certainly to the Committee!

g-martinez.bsky.social•63 days ago

They're seeking answers on intelligence classification from individuals who lack both the expertise and the qualifications to provide them. It's unreasonable to expect a meaningful or informed response from those who simply don’t have the capacity to engage with the complexities of the subject! ☝🏽😳

dpoling71.bsky.social•65 days ago

She looks like the dumb C U Next Tuesday we all knew she was before her nomination to lead our intelligence.

jamesstaal.bsky.social•65 days ago

Matryoshka Gabbard is not to be trusted for a split second.

crgulsvig.bsky.social•65 days ago

Someone should ask her, since she is supposed to be somewhat an authority on the topic, to explain the guidelines for what is classified and what isn't, instead of the playing this game of twenty questions (Is A classified? Is B??)

wankerjustice.bsky.social•65 days ago

These fucking elderly white men are afraid to appear to be "bullying" poor little Gabbard, I'll bet . . . we need about 1000 Jasmine Crocketts and AOCs and fewer Kings, Whitehouses and Schumers.

mbick.bsky.social•65 days ago

Goldberg has NO reason to lie about this. Gabbard does.

benjkenkel.bsky.social•65 days ago

They are not sending their best

daletl.bsky.social•65 days ago

Yes, but ‘Amishdude’ might not be familiar with texting, calling, the CIA or anything else’ 🤷‍♂️😬

juliatowe.bsky.social•64 days ago

Amen.

wjwylie03.bsky.social•65 days ago

??? Timing of attacks, targets and other OPSEC intel...isn't that what she's claiming isn't classified? Or am I missing something?

wickit411.bsky.social•65 days ago

Of course, it's f'ing classified. That's a willful leak. It's a f---ing illegal!! He's guilty of a security violation. Along with every one of them!!!

wiese2154.bsky.social•65 days ago

I would advise no one to go into the American military right now. This is not the country I grew up in. It's is a complete disgrace. These clowns this this is a game. They are destroying what was the greatest nation in Earth's history. But it is no more. This will take decades to recover from.

robertm700.bsky.social•65 days ago

If America gets in a real war, with these clowns in charge we would lose. Or maybe they will just blow the world to smithereens.

spanymom.bsky.social•64 days ago

That is my concern. Americans are incredibly naive.

breathefree.bsky.social•65 days ago

According to Ryan Goodman, whether it is classified, or not, it is national defense information and the Espionage Act applies. Recommend everyone follow him.

bg54.bsky.social•65 days ago

Huh, is that how it works? We can just say “it’s not classified” and we’re covered? Sweet!

unclecracker.bsky.social•65 days ago

… her Lily Munster hair is a crime in its own right

refreshing805.bsky.social•65 days ago

Strikes again!

baynesa.bsky.social•65 days ago

It’s well known that, just before D-day, Churchill sent a telegram to editor of The Times “brb, just going to build sandcastles in Normandy”

ariake76.bsky.social•65 days ago

Serious question: do you think Gabbard etc are actually worried about consequences, or are they confident Trump will protect them? I’d like to believe they’re nervous, but I think they probably feel invincible.

ddaraskevich.bsky.social•65 days ago

True.
Duh.

dhumph.bsky.social•65 days ago

Does anyone buy Tulsi's testimony? They are all lying and obfuscating, aided by GOP lawmakers. It's a cabal that as a whole have broken their oath of office to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law.

chmjdm.bsky.social•65 days ago

Pure bullshit!

dhumph.bsky.social•65 days ago

100%. All of them, every single one is spewing nothing but 🐂 💩

davidpsdem.bsky.social•65 days ago

contractjames.bsky.social•65 days ago

Let's not forget Trump kept classified documents in his bathroom at Mar-a-Lago.

kalliopeo.bsky.social•65 days ago

Scary to think we could’ve been folding a flag of the caskets of dead pilots if someone with less scruples than Goldberg was invited to that group.

robrush.bsky.social•65 days ago

Not serious people.

browernet.us•65 days ago

This will come as a shock to many people.

joelyjoelyjoelyjoe.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why is Tulsi Gabbard not embarrassed to talk such rubbish? Is there a single person in the Trump administration who has a normal amount of shame for a human being? If they were iguanas or moray eels, I could understand the absence of shame. But shame is an essential element of human behavior.

norquistnemesis.bsky.social•65 days ago

TBH she's not savvy enough to be embarrassed.

emmyjay.bsky.social•65 days ago

She’s a member of the Trump Administration. Shameless lying is an essential skill

emmaline1110.bsky.social•64 days ago

Shame is essential in a GOOD person. There's a difference between "I'm sorry. I take full responsibility & I promise I'll do better going forward." and "I'm sorry... I got caught. Oh, and that guy is totally lying about what happened. Trust me... "

warriorone.bsky.social•65 days ago

Really? Not classified? Even grade school report cards are better protected.

dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's not classified information if you've fired all the people who could classify it

OR

It's not classified information unless it's from the classical liberalism branch of government, otherwise it's just sparkling iconoclasm

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