Leave it to the executive editor of the Atlantic to have a front row seat to the inner workings of the Trump administration and immediately running to file a simple gotcha story. He could've sat back and held onto this for months and potentially saw more damning stuff.
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Aside from the threat to troops and national security, he faced legal ramifications in not sitting on it.
Signal is not approved for government use.
Parking lots aren’t SCIF.
THEY could and should have reached out to him and it would have likely never published.
I know you know that, ijs.
I don't think this was the reasoning but it is my arm chair analysis of taking early rather than later action.
The guilt would be irreconcilable.
It's used as arm against Vance opposing, explicit threatening with leaking, and is a derogatory "warning" to Europe and a "superiority" show
No one deserves to die of torture due to the incompetence of this admin.
Personally I prefer to not let people do even more illegal stuff.
They didn't know he was part of the chat even if he printed non-classified material they wouldn't know how he got it. Freedom of the press is a right, remember Watergate?
They'd have to prove that they didn't add him on purpose.
Remember Pete spoke to him on the same app how does the guy know that it wasn't supposed to be included?
Freedom of the press and our high ranking leaders incompetence are extremely important to have rulings on.
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3ll5v2s4uq22j
Going from, "IDK if this is for real" to "This is real and I'm going to become an active participant" gets into felony territory real quick.
It’s obvious from the way he talked about it today that he was deeply disturbed by what he didn’t disclose.
Don't lie to yourself, no you damn well wouldn't have. So have some respect.
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3ll5v2s4uq22j
He got proof of a massive criminal behavior which recklessly endangered Americans and allies and he broke the story promptly.
Dumbest, most ridiculous take I've seen on this.
You can't be taken seriously if you honestly believe this. It leads me to question your judgement on everything you've ever said.