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I’m not going to get into the specifics,
Gabbard said when asked if she was in the chat
I’m of the view that there ought to be resignations,
Wyden said
It’s hard for me to believe that targets and timing and weapons would not have been classified,
he said
Nobody was texting war plans and that’s all I have to say about that,
Hegseth said in an exchange with reporters on MondayIf this information had gotten out, American lives could have been lost. If the Houthis had this information they could reposition their defensive systems,
Warner said
You have got to be kidding me,
Clinton said in an X post that spotlighted The Atlantic article
My communications to be clear in the Signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information,
Ratcliffe told lawmakers in the hearing that was supposed to be focused on global security threatsWhat the Trump administration did was simply dangerous, reckless and irresponsible and frankly, a direct threat to our national security because we know, as has been reported, that increasingly state-backed hackers are trying to find their ways into Signal chats,
Chukwu said
People shouldn’t feel this is an exercise in futility. The administration would be much further along on its destructive path if it weren’t for the public protesting … and demanding accountability from their elected officials. They must continue to do that. Otherwise this information will be lost from the American people,
she saidNo, I don't think he should apologize. I think he's doing his best. It's equipment and technology that's not perfect,
Trump said, reiterating a point claimed by White House officials
As I understand it, he left very early because he didn't find it very exciting,
Trump added of GoldbergI think there's a lot of lessons. There's a lot of journalists in this city who have made big names for themselves making up lies about this president, whether it's the Russia hoax or making up lies about Gold Star families, and this one in particular, I've never met, don't know, never communicated with, and we are looking into him, reviewing how the heck he got into this room,
he saidUnmanaged 'messaging apps,' including any app with a chat feature, regardless of the primary function, are NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoD information. This includes but is not limited to messaging, gaming, and social media apps. (i.e., iMessage, WhatsApps, Signal),
the memo said
It’s an attempt to avoid accountability under the Official Records Act,
said General Barry McCaffreyThe operational strike plans for Yemen meet the definition of national defense information – they were high-level military plans and intelligence details regarding an ongoing operation,
Jackson saidIf the officials willfully used Signal specifically to avoid creating a record (for instance, to keep the discussions off the books), that could be viewed as the unlawful removal or concealment of records,
Jackson saidSharing time sensitive military operational details over a commercial communications application shows a shocking level of disregard for the sensitivity of classified information at the top of the U.S. security establishment,
Reese saidThis unauthorized disclosure of war plans to someone not entitled to receive them appears to satisfy the Espionage Act’s criteria,
Jackson saidI would worry deeply about the ability of a foreign nation to be able to penetrate any of our unclassified tech,
she told the newspaperThe question for lawyers will be whether the use of an unclassified cell phone and commercially available communications application constitutes a reasonable belief that the information could be obtained by an adversary and used against the U.S.,
global security and cyber expert Nicholas Reese, an adjunct instructor at NYU’s School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs, told The Independent