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sop

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Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:09 PM Tuesday

'Pete Hegseth's new Signal scandal is worse than the first'

"Shortly before the U.S. military conducted a complex operation striking the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the defense secretary shared sensitive national security and operational information about American troops on a Signal chat with his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer — people who had no reason to need to know about these upcoming strikes."

"Anyone who has worn the uniform knows the importance of operational security. This wasn’t the same thread initiated by national security adviser Mike Waltz that included the broader national security team. This was a separate group Hegseth started himself — on his personal phone. NBC News reports that the information originally came from Gen. Erik Kurilla, the head of U.S. Central Command, who 'used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation' to Hegseth. Within 10 minutes, Hegseth used his personal phone to share some of that information with 'at least two group text chats.' He did so even though an aide had already warned him about sharing sensitive information about this specific operation on unsecure communications systems."

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pete-hegseth-signal-message-yemen-defense-secretary-trump-rcna202149

Hegseth should be under arrest.

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'Pete Hegseth's new Signal scandal is worse than the first' (Original Post) sop Tuesday OP
You guys, it's just so much easier to send them all the details right away in a group chat tanyev Tuesday #1

tanyev

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1. You guys, it's just so much easier to send them all the details right away in a group chat
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 05:18 PM
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than to try and remember it all when they’re pestering him about it at home.




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