I am just waiting for the Trump administration to have federal law enforcement detain Jeffrey Goldberg on some fictional claim that he hacked Signal and violated communication privacy laws. At the same time, Elon Musk will come out spouting fabricated nonsense about his "investigation" into the Signal text leak claiming all sorts of crimes were committed by Goldberg while the Trump staffers are merely victims.
I don't give this crew that much credit. More like reckless and irresponsible use of the platform. We're gonna blow some shit up real good, yee haw. Boys with toys, they just can't help themselves. Blowed it up real good. Idiots.
In the spirit of this excellent lament, I recommend a new Salon article: The Wallet Test I think this could be a decent thread of its own, a la let's tap the brakes on the civil war talk, shall we?
On March 14, Gabbard wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "Our nation's Intelligence Community must be focused on our national security mission. Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the trust of the American people, and will not be tolerated." "Unfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable," the tweet read.
Of course, the Trump administration appointees ignored all the government security regulations. EXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policy A high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month https://fpwellman.substack.com/p/exclusive-dod-has-deployed-signal