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The #Senate Select Cmte on #Intelligence hearing is a regular briefing intelligence ofcls provide #Congress on worldwide threats & was scheduled before #JeffGoldberg’s report from The Atlantic.

But the controversy is likely to dominate the session.

Testifying:

#DNI Tulsi Gabbard

#CIA Dir John Ratcliffe

Timothy D. Haugh, #NSA

#Defense Intelligence Agency dir Jeffrey A. Kruse

#FBI director Kash Patel

#NationalSecurity #USpol #geopolitics
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#FBI #NSA #Intelligence #nationalsecurity #uspol #senate #congress #defense #geopolitics #cia #JeffGoldberg #dni
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Gabbard & Ratcliffe were participants in the Signal group chat.
“One more person responded: “John Ratcliffe” wrote at 5:24 p.m. with the name of a CIA official to be included in the group. I am not publishing that name, because that person is an active intelligence officer.”
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#Gabbard just had to explain why #Canada wasn’t in the threat assessment report. She answered that the report only includes countries that present the highest threats. Senator Heinrich specifically pointed to #Trump’s repeated claims there is “massive” & “unusually high” amounts of #fentanyl coming in through Canada to justify #tariffs.
#Trump #canada #tariffs #gabbard #fentanyl
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#Gabbard was asked if she knew the percent of fentanyl in the #US that came from #Canada. Clearly concerned that she was about to contradict #Trump, he asked if she could get back to the cmte on that. Senator Heinrich told her, “it’s less that 1%.”

#USpol #geopolitics

#Trump #us #canada #uspol #geopolitics #gabbard
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Senator #AngusKing, grilled #Gabbard on why #ClimateChange had been excluded for the first time in the #ThreatAssessment report.

Gabbard again said the only included the highest threats.

King rattled off the MANY effects of Climate Change that threaten security. Migration, famine, poverty, social & political tensions, etc.

Then he directly asked if she ordered that climate threats be excluded. She said no.

The reason 100% is #Trump’s war on “wokeism”

#NationalSecurity #kakistocracy

#ClimateChange #Trump #nationalsecurity #kakistocracy #gabbard #AngusKing #threatassessment
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Senator #MichaelBennet is going off! on #CIA director #JohnRatcliffe about the #Signal chat group.

#Bennet: “You’re the director of the CIA, and you didn’t check who was in the chat group?”
…
“Did you know the president’s national security adviser was in Moscow while on this thread?”

#Ratcliffe: I did not know that. (again, he’s the director of the CIA)

#NationalSecutity #kakistocracy #idiocracy

#Signal #Idiocracy #cia #kakistocracy #johnratcliffe #michaelbennet #bennet #ratcliffe #nationalsecutity
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Senator #MarkKelly gets into the details of the #Signal group chat contents:

“Was there any discussion of targets?”
…Weapons?
…Timing?
…Military units?

#Gabbard & #Ratcliffe answer “I don’t recall” to all. From the article (see pics)

#NationalSecutity #kakistocracy #idiocracy

It was the next morning, Saturday, March 15, when this story became truly bizarre. At 11:44 a.m., the account labeled “Pete Hegseth” posted in Signal a “TEAM UPDATE.” I will not quote from this update, or from certain other subsequent texts. The information contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the United States, could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Command’s area of responsibility. What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.
The only person to reply to the update from Hegseth was the person identified as the vice president. “I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (Two other users subsequently added prayer emoji.) According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen. Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city.
#Signal #Idiocracy #kakistocracy #gabbard #ratcliffe #nationalsecutity #markkelly
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#SignalGate

masto.ai/@Nonilex/114223863303…

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2025-03-25 15:50:36

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Senator #MarkKelly gets into the details of the #Signal group chat contents:

“Was there any discussion of targets?”
…Weapons?
…Timing?
…Military units?

#Gabbard & #Ratcliffe answer “I don’t recall” to all. From the article (see pics)

#NationalSecutity #kakistocracy #idiocracy

It was the next morning, Saturday, March 15, when this story became truly bizarre. At 11:44 a.m., the account labeled “Pete Hegseth” posted in Signal a “TEAM UPDATE.” I will not quote from this update, or from certain other subsequent texts. The information contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the United States, could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Command’s area of responsibility. What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.
The only person to reply to the update from Hegseth was the person identified as the vice president. “I will say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (Two other users subsequently added prayer emoji.) According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen. Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city.

#SignalGate
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#SignalGate #USpol #Infosec

I'd like to reply to that with the following quote from #PeteHegseth himself:

mastodon.social/@flexghost/114…

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2025-03-25 12:59:57

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Remember when Pete Hegseth said anyone reckless with sensitive government information should be fired on the spot and criminally prosecuted?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

#ButHerEmails


#infosec #uspol #petehegseth #SignalGate
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Senator Jon #Ossoff: “Disagreements between the president & VP about US plans & intentions would be of obvious interest to foreign intelligence services, would it not?

#Ratcliffe: Yes

Ossoff: And they were discussing the timing of sending US aircrews into enemy airspace where they faced an air defense threat.

Ossoff: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?

Ratcliffe: No.

Ossoff: This is an embarrassment.

#NationalSecutity #kakistocracy #idiocracy

#Idiocracy #kakistocracy #ratcliffe #nationalsecutity #ossoff
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#Ossoff to #Ratcliffe: We will get the full transcript of this chain & your testimony will be measured carefully against its content.

#NationalSecutity #kakistocracy #idiocracy

#Idiocracy #kakistocracy #ratcliffe #nationalsecutity #ossoff
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#Trump stood by his #NationalSecurity adviser, #MichaelWaltz, Tues, calling him a “good man” a day after a report that he & other senior admin ofcls used the commercial messaging app #Signal to discuss secret #military plans for Yemen & inadvertently included a journalist in the group chat. During an interview Trump also said Waltz had “learned a lesson.”

#SignalGate #Signal #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy

#Signal #Trump #military #nationalsecurity #Idiocracy #kakistocracy #MichaelWaltz #SignalGate
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Asked if #NationalSecurity Adviser #MikeWaltz owed an apology, #Trump said, “I don’t think he should apologize. I think he’s doing his best.”

Trump added that he thinks “we won’t be using it very much,” referring to the #Signal app.

#Waltz said the team is looking into “how in the heck” a journalist ended up in a group text chain on the Signal app where top ofcls were discussing plans for #military strikes against #Iran-backed #Houthi rebels in #Yemen.

[Waltz added him]
#NationalSecurity

#Signal #Trump #military #Iran #nationalsecurity #yemen #houthi #mikewaltz #waltz
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#EdDavey, Ldr of the #UK’s Liberal Democrats:

“#JDVance & his mates clearly aren't fit to run a group chat, let alone the world's strongest #military force. It has to make our #security services nervous about the #intelligence we're sharing with them.”

“#Trump's #WhiteHouse can't be trusted. Their reckless approach to security means it's only a matter of time before British intelligence is leaked.

“The Govt must urgently review our intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US.”

#geopolitics

JD Vance and his mates clearly aren't fit to run a group chat, let alone the world's strongest military force. It has to make our security services nervous about the intelligence we're sharing with them.
Trump's White House can't be trusted. Their reckless approach to security means it's only a matter of time before British intelligence is leaked. The Government must urgently review our intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US.
#security #uk #Trump #Intelligence #military #whitehouse #geopolitics #JDVance #eddavey
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Just ICYMI

#TulsiGabbard was also outside of the #UnitedStates while she took part in the #signal group chat.

“Later in the hearing, #Gabbard also said she was overseas during the time the group chat discussions were underway, but [refused] to say whether she participated using her personal phone.”

#USpol #Trump #Signal #SignalGate #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #JDVance #Hegseth #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller
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#Signal #Trump #nationalsecurity #UnitedStates #uspol #Idiocracy #JDVance #marcorubio #kakistocracy #hegseth #gabbard #tulsigabbard #stephenmiller #witkoff #SignalGate #ratcliffe #mikewaltz #susiewiles