The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 11:17 last edited by
Arrogance and incompetence is never a good mix.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 11:41 last edited by jon-nyc
If only there had been some way to predict that hiring all these inexperienced people could lead to amateur-hour own goals.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 11:51 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 12:11 last edited by Doctor Phibes
It's a little disappointing that those Hitler meltdown parodies have gone out of fashion. I'm sure the Fuhrer would have quite a bit to say about this situation.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 12:26 last edited by
lol
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 12:31 last edited by
Bolton:
It's inconceivable that the White House would not use the classified channels that we have spent so much time and effort and money over decades trying to make us as secure as possible. This carelessness puts American service members at risk.
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 12:34 last edited by
And not just military:
Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"
Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."
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And not just military:
Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"
Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 12:39 last edited by@jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
And not just military:
Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"
Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."
Somebody needs to get fired. And it shouldn't be Jeffrey Goldberg.
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@jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
And not just military:
Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"
Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."
Somebody needs to get fired. And it shouldn't be Jeffrey Goldberg.
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 13:06 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
@jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
And not just military:
Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"
Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."
Somebody needs to get fired. And it shouldn't be Jeffrey Goldberg.
This.Again, if anybody else in government or military service did this, they would immediately be kicked out.
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It's a little disappointing that those Hitler meltdown parodies have gone out of fashion. I'm sure the Fuhrer would have quite a bit to say about this situation.
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 13:20 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
It's a little disappointing that those Hitler meltdown parodies have gone out of fashion. I'm sure the Fuhrer would have quite a bit to say about this situation.
Oh man that would be so good right now.
SO GOOD.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
It's a little disappointing that those Hitler meltdown parodies have gone out of fashion. I'm sure the Fuhrer would have quite a bit to say about this situation.
Oh man that would be so good right now.
SO GOOD.
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 13:34 last edited by@89th said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
It's a little disappointing that those Hitler meltdown parodies have gone out of fashion. I'm sure the Fuhrer would have quite a bit to say about this situation.
Oh man that would be so good right now.
SO GOOD.
Mike Waltz could respond with "I can tell you for 100%, I don't know this guy Hitler, I just know him by his horrible reputation."
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 13:55 last edited by
Here's the full released chat thread:
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:05 last edited by
A couple takeaways:
- Can you imagine if you suddenly got a "Mike Waltz has added you to this chat"? I can see why the first thought was "is this a trap?"
- Mike likes to say "Pls" instead of "Please" and "Thx" instead of "Thanks. I was hoping for a kthxbai
- Mike claiming he didn't add Goldberg is laughable. He was added and then spoke in the first person. It was him typing.
- Mike references "in our first PC" which indicates this is not the first small group PC (private chat?) they've had
- Hegseth doesn't "classify" the team update section, but clearly (anyone in DOD/Intel) knows that type of content is classified at least at the SECRET level, if not TS/SCI.
- I chuckled at Hegseth's "We are currently clean on OPSEC" (which means adversaries don't know this is coming), and oh man Goldberg should've chimed in at that point "wrong number who dis"
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:32 last edited by
So, was Goldshit added on purpose?
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:33 last edited by
From a high level defense official.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” the official said. “We don’t provide that level of information on unclassified systems, in order to protect the lives and safety of the servicemembers carrying out these strikes. If we did, it would be wholly irresponsible. My most junior analysts know not to do this.”
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A couple takeaways:
- Can you imagine if you suddenly got a "Mike Waltz has added you to this chat"? I can see why the first thought was "is this a trap?"
- Mike likes to say "Pls" instead of "Please" and "Thx" instead of "Thanks. I was hoping for a kthxbai
- Mike claiming he didn't add Goldberg is laughable. He was added and then spoke in the first person. It was him typing.
- Mike references "in our first PC" which indicates this is not the first small group PC (private chat?) they've had
- Hegseth doesn't "classify" the team update section, but clearly (anyone in DOD/Intel) knows that type of content is classified at least at the SECRET level, if not TS/SCI.
- I chuckled at Hegseth's "We are currently clean on OPSEC" (which means adversaries don't know this is coming), and oh man Goldberg should've chimed in at that point "wrong number who dis"
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:34 last edited by@89th said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
Mike claiming he didn't add Goldberg is laughable. He was added and then spoke in the first person. It was him typing.
I'm not following this one. What are you describing and what does it prove? My vague impression is that one of Walz's staffers added Goldberg accidentally. Is this clearly not the case?
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From a high level defense official.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” the official said. “We don’t provide that level of information on unclassified systems, in order to protect the lives and safety of the servicemembers carrying out these strikes. If we did, it would be wholly irresponsible. My most junior analysts know not to do this.”
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:36 last edited by@jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
From a high level defense official.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” the official said. “We don’t provide that level of information on unclassified systems, in order to protect the lives and safety of the servicemembers carrying out these strikes. If we did, it would be wholly irresponsible. My most junior analysts know not to do this.”
Yes it's obvious that this would be a very big personal deal for any underling who did an identical thing with their own foreknowledge of a battle action.
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From a high level defense official.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” the official said. “We don’t provide that level of information on unclassified systems, in order to protect the lives and safety of the servicemembers carrying out these strikes. If we did, it would be wholly irresponsible. My most junior analysts know not to do this.”
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:39 last edited by@jon-nyc said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
From a high level defense official.
“It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court martialed for this,” the official said. “We don’t provide that level of information on unclassified systems, in order to protect the lives and safety of the servicemembers carrying out these strikes. If we did, it would be wholly irresponsible. My most junior analysts know not to do this.”
Ah, the usual "unnamed sources"...
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wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 14:56 last edited by
@Jolly said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
So, was Goldshit added on purpose?
Maybe somebody added the nickname 'Golfshit' or "Goldfinger' or possibly even 'Goldenshower', hoping to include The World's Greatest Living American, and once again things spiraled out of control?
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@89th said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
Mike claiming he didn't add Goldberg is laughable. He was added and then spoke in the first person. It was him typing.
I'm not following this one. What are you describing and what does it prove? My vague impression is that one of Walz's staffers added Goldberg accidentally. Is this clearly not the case?
wrote on 26 Mar 2025, 15:01 last edited by@Horace said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
@89th said in The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans:
Mike claiming he didn't add Goldberg is laughable. He was added and then spoke in the first person. It was him typing.
I'm not following this one. What are you describing and what does it prove? My vague impression is that one of Walz's staffers added Goldberg accidentally. Is this clearly not the case?
Prior to him being added to the chat, he was ‘friended’ by Walz. Or whatever the verb is in Signal.