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He’s making most of his 15 minutes. He’s now walking back the “war plans” characterization of the chat. Yes these intel guys and gals certainly should be span

by mc32 2y ago

He’s making most of his 15 minutes. He’s now walking back the “war plans” characterization of the chat. Yes these intel guys and gals certainly should be spanked to improve their operatsec. That’s inexcusable, but this guy is squeezing the most he can out of the story. Signal is an approved app. The prior admin also used it for non classified discussions. Whoever invited that putz accidentally into the chat needs to be fired.

apical_dendrite 2y ago
Please explain how he is 'walking back the “war plans” characterization of the chat'. The transcript that's linked here says the exact opposite multiple times. > But this level of specificity—actual planning for an ongoing operation, the sharing of intelligence and information about strikes—that is clearly not what Signal’s intended for. > Harris: So details like the number of aircraft that are involved, the kinds of munitions that are being dropped, specific times— > Rosin: That was on the chain? > Harris: Specific targets on the ground, um, you know, intelligence-related matters relating to the strike and to the targets, names of individuals—of U.S. officials—who should not have been put in an unclassified chain because of their status as intelligence officers. You know, you can kind of, like, you can—there’s probably six or seven different kinds of information that are arguably implicated under the rules and the law for how you’re supposed to handle this stuff.
piva00 2y ago
Goddamn, just stop blaming the journalists, this guy is editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, he doesn't need his 15 minutes of fame. And even if you still want to believe he's making most of his 15 minutes of fame, the scoop just landed on his lap, he is doing his fucking job... I cannot comprehend what kind of twist a mind has gone through to believe a journalist doing exactly their job is being an attention whore, bringing attention to a uniquely important scoop is the whole point of journalism.
- hw-guy 2y ago
  The same kind of people who condemned Woodward and Bernstein for investigating and reporting on Watergate.
legitster 2y ago
This is such a ridiculous moving of the goalposts. Imagine during WWII somebody accidentally forwarded plans about Operation Overlord to the press before D-Day. The response wouldn't be "oh, well it didn't include details on specific targets".

by mc32 2y ago

apical_dendrite 2y ago

Please explain how he is 'walking back the “war plans” characterization of the chat'. The transcript that's linked here says the exact opposite multiple times. > But this level of specificity—actual planning for an ongoing operation, the sharing of intelligence and information about strikes—that is clearly not what Signal’s intended for. > Harris: So details like the number of aircraft that are involved, the kinds of munitions that are being dropped, specific times— > Rosin: That was on the chain? > Harris: Specific targets on the ground, um, you know, intelligence-related matters relating to the strike and to the targets, names of individuals—of U.S. officials—who should not have been put in an unclassified chain because of their status as intelligence officers. You know, you can kind of, like, you can—there’s probably six or seven different kinds of information that are arguably implicated under the rules and the law for how you’re supposed to handle this stuff.

piva00 2y ago

Goddamn, just stop blaming the journalists, this guy is editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, he doesn't need his 15 minutes of fame. And even if you still want to believe he's making most of his 15 minutes of fame, the scoop just landed on his lap, he is doing his fucking job... I cannot comprehend what kind of twist a mind has gone through to believe a journalist doing exactly their job is being an attention whore, bringing attention to a uniquely important scoop is the whole point of journalism.

hw-guy 2y ago
The same kind of people who condemned Woodward and Bernstein for investigating and reporting on Watergate.

legitster 2y ago

This is such a ridiculous moving of the goalposts. Imagine during WWII somebody accidentally forwarded plans about Operation Overlord to the press before D-Day. The response wouldn't be "oh, well it didn't include details on specific targets".