US EditionSignalgate shows the importance of the ‘one standard’ rule
- US officials, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, mistakenly discussed military plans on Signal, which included an editor from The Atlantic magazine in the chat.
- Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that classified materials were not shared, emphasizing that Hegseth was updating the group on already briefed plans.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune remarked that those involved should acknowledge their mistake and address the issue to prevent future occurrences.
- Critics highlighted that discussing sensitive information on unsecured platforms like Signal poses serious risks to national security.
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Pro-Trump Attempts to Defend Signalgate By Pointing to Biden’s Afghan Disaster Is The Latest In Nonsensical Whataboutism
As the Trump administration grapples with the fallout from Signalgate, a new and bizarre bit of whataboutism has emerged as a key defense of the galling national security leak: What about Biden’s Afghan failure? Like most attempts at whataboutism, the comparison falls flat and in many way makes very little sense as the two issues are wholly different – other than both being undeniable screw ups related to foreign policy. Vice President JD Vance …
The riot of the year, that's what Signalgate can already be called
The riot of the year. This is what can be called Signalgate, where US government officials accidentally shared war plans with a journalist in a secret app group. Qualifying sounds premature. After all, it's only the end of March. But the implications of the leaked conversation are therefore enormous.
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