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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans

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  • 89th8 Offline
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    Trump was asked about this 40 minutes ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1jiyxnw/trump_on_his_cabinet_members_using_signal_to_text/

    Of course his first response was how Atlantic is a failing magazine, but then he goes on (and I believe him) that it's the first he's even heard of this story. Interesting to see where he is insulated from some news.

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    • jon-nycJ Offline
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      Funny.

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        Waltz and the other Cabinet-level officials were already potentially violating government policy and the law simply by texting one another about the operation.

        ZOMG!!!!!!! Will the DOJ investigate? Will the DOJ prosecute?

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          Are you allowed to talk about this stuff on text? (Channeling the whole Hilary server thing)

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            One thing I’m curious about is how they ended up adding him. Did they mean to add someone with a similar name or initials? Or was it really just a fat finger mistake? Either way they’re very lucky he handled it very responsibly.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              You gotta cut him some slack since he’s a DUI hire.

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                I kept waiting for Goldberg to speculate on who they might have thought they were adding.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  Greg Lukianoff: Reminds me of when Eisenhower spilled the beans about D-Day on MySpace. 🤣

                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    One thing I’m curious about is how they ended up adding him. Did they mean to add someone with a similar name or initials? Or was it really just a fat finger mistake? Either way they’re very lucky he handled it very responsibly.

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                    @jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

                    One thing I’m curious about is how they ended up adding him. Did they mean to add someone with a similar name or initials? Or was it really just a fat finger mistake? Either way they’re very lucky he handled it very responsibly.

                    It seems Waltz is the main person to blame for adding JG to the group chat. Others might not have thought to double-check each name in the group, although they should’ve..among many other national security communication concerns. Amateur hour.

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                      From one wag: during the first trump administration I accidentally added mike pompeo to a group chat about setting up a night playing super smash brothers 64

                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                        Back to seriousness how interesting that no one expressed concern that bombing them a little harder might not work. The only concern was JD Vance worried it might actually work and that would help the evil Europeans.

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                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            I kept waiting for Goldberg to speculate on who they might have thought they were adding.

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                            @jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

                            I kept waiting for Goldberg to speculate on who they might have thought they were adding.

                            Maybe it was Rube.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              Or Jonah.

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                                Whoopi?

                                I was only joking

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                                  On the bright side, they all sounded like the same person behind the scenes as they do in front of the camera, more or less. What you see is what you get. I'm sure this mistake won't be repeated, so that's the last glimpse we'll get of these sorts of conversations. Until Woodward's next book comes out, of course.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                      The DUI hire is lying about it even though the NSC already confirmed the texts as did, indirectly, Rubio and BetaFace.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        The DUI hire is lying about it even though the NSC already confirmed the texts as did, indirectly, Rubio and BetaFace.

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                                        @jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

                                        The DUI hire is lying about it even though the NSC already confirmed the texts as did, indirectly, Rubio and BetaFace.

                                        He didn't tell a literal, objective, lie. You should appreciate that, jon.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

                                          One thing I’m curious about is how they ended up adding him. Did they mean to add someone with a similar name or initials? Or was it really just a fat finger mistake? Either way they’re very lucky he handled it very responsibly.

                                          It seems Waltz is the main person to blame for adding JG to the group chat. Others might not have thought to double-check each name in the group, although they should’ve..among many other national security communication concerns. Amateur hour.

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                                          @89th said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:

                                          Others might not have thought to double-check each name in the group,

                                          In today's world, I suppose not too unusual. If on a group chat and you are accessing via mobile, you just see a couple of initials, and then +9 (for example) others.

                                          Dont know if each of those people is familiar with each of the others, and if they did check, they probably just assumed is was someone in XX department.

                                          (not to say this wasn't a bad thing, but I can kind of understand how it happened on a messaging app)

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