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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied allegations that he texted classified war plans to a Signal group chat that mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.

The National Security Council confirmed the chat’s authenticity but called the inclusion of Goldberg an inadvertent mistake.

Lawmakers from both parties demanded investigations, with former CIA Director Leon Panetta warning of potential espionage violations.

Hegseth dismissed Goldberg as a "deceitful" journalist. Trump denied knowledge of the incident.

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"Nuh uh" is what you're going with, huh? The screenshots, the validation from your own administration... and your response is "didnt happen"?

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I'm not usually an alarmist, but this one has the hair on the back of my neck up...

This feels like a false flag to target journalists spreading "misinformation."

I was reading the Atlantic article thinking 'What a bunch of dumb fucks." Until I read this part:

The Hegseth message goes on to state, “Waiting a few weeks or a month does not fundamentally change the calculus. 2 immediate risks on waiting: 1) this leaks, and we look indecisive

Hard stop right there. "This is intentional."

Then Tulsi comes out talking about "aggressively pursuing" journalists., and now P Heggs is just gonna play dumb?

Smells pretty bad, imo.

(False flag may not be the right term here, but I hope my point is still clear enough)

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

And yet the information was valid and confirmed? The bombs dropped right when Signal User "Pete Hegseth" said they would; NSC confirmed this was a genuine thread. It seems too elaborate to be a false flag event.

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[–] RainbowHedgehog@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think it was a deliberate leak. A mole from inside the administration is trying to warn us of Trump’s actions before he does them.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

and we look indecisive

Ugh. I didn’t want to agree with you but this little flex for the faithful seals it.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Pete blames it on his wife who he's going to beat later on. She should have told him that journalists can take screenshots.

[–] derryt@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

It's deny, deflect, and then what? Let's see I didn't do, I did it but her emails, I did it so what? An I missing a step?

[–] hitstun@fedia.io 9 points 4 days ago

Oh sure, now he wants to wash his hands of something.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I want to see the contents of the text message. Holy shit, what a bunch of dumb fucks.

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

"Uh, wasn't me." -Sec Def

[–] Auk@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If he was blackout drunk at the time and he doesn’t remember sending it now, is he culpable when he’s sober? No. Clearly not. The buck stops somewhere.

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[–] civylw@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

They're saying he didn't share classified war plans and you need to check the word usage with such lies. What probably happened was that they declassified everything that was shared. So what he is saying is now technically correct - the war plans are not classified. So he did not share 'classified' plans. This would also mean Tulsi is not 'lying' when she says that no classified information was shared. Typical obfuscation of facts by words.

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