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Screenshots were published in the Atlantic and not denied. Read the reporting, read up on relevant laws, and judge yourself.
by 3np 1y ago
Screenshots were published in the Atlantic and not denied. Read the reporting, read up on relevant laws, and judge yourself.
- firesteelrain 1y agoI can’t judge what is and isn’t classified other than it just looks bad optic-wise. I am not an expert in those communications.
- DonHopkins 1y ago[flagged]
- firesteelrain 1y ago[flagged]
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> This is a US topic. Why are you here? I don’t speak for them but one might guess that it’s because this is a public forum and they find the topic interesting. Why are you here?
- firesteelrain 1y ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 1y agoIf only American political decisions remained "US only" in their scope.
- DonHopkins 1y ago[flagged]
- firesteelrain 1y ago[flagged]
- 3np 1y agoI guess we can stop feeding the trolls now...
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- 3np 1y agoSo go read up enough that you can then. It really doesn't take a law degree or unreasonable time. More constructive use of your time than arguing for something completely ungrounded (unless spreading doubt is actually your goal here).
- firesteelrain 1y agoI am trying to have a reasoned conversation rather than jump to conclusions.
- ceejayoz 1y agoOr, you could take five minutes, skim the texts, and come to the obvious conclusion that “we attack Yemen with F-18s at this specific time, and have surveillance on one of the targets at his usual location” would be definitely be classified.
- firesteelrain 1y agoThe one you are referring to was prior to his confirmation and he wouldn’t be privy to anything but open source information. The other was proven not to contain classified info. Not a fan of using Signal, but we have to accurate about what happened
- ceejayoz 1y agoBullshit. Hegseth was confirmed Jan 24. https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump-cabinet-confirmation-12491935023692bce0a04d149663e784 https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-tr... The attack on Yemen and the group chat was in March. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-... Its contents were undoubtedly classified.
- firesteelrain 1y ago
- b_davis_ 1y agowhat you need is a document called a "Security Classification Guide". there will be a unique version for the specific mission / command that was running the attack against the Houthi's, and there will be one for the SecDef office. this document describes the type of information that is classified, who decides if it is not classified any more, and to some extent, the why. 'secret' means disclosure will 'damage the national security. 'top secret means disclosure will 'cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security'. political discussions about dealing with world events is probably 'top secret', especially during the deliberation stage. operational information like 'TOT is 1pm local, 4 F18's with LGB's are inbound' is probably considered Secret until the crews return; in which case it is probably considered lower in criticality.