Politics Thread

[Strange Brew]

The people on the first Signal chat accidentally looped the editor of the Atlantic in on the chat..and when they denied it, he published details from the chat.
You think that was made up? No one denied what he reported.

Tonight I had dinner with some friends. One is a retired Navy Admiral. He was the Captain of a nuclear submarine, and in his last years worked in the Pentagon. He was promoted to Admiral (never served in that capacity) at his retirement. In that way, they get a bigger pension. I'm assuming the same happened with Hegseth going from Captain to Major when he retired. Maybe not.

My friend's comment was he would not have been fired right away if he did what Hegseth and those people did. He would have been court martialed first.
I remain amazed that you defend the conduct of those who risk our national security.
And the Pentagon does not us Signal for classified material. They have their own secure communication network.

Are you sure it was an accident Cpt?

[paulxu]

Are you sure it was an accident Cpt?

If they intentionally put an editor of a publication in a discussion of classified material at the time of a US military action, I would think that alone (since he wouldn't have security clearance for classified material) would be actionable as a violation.

But with these clearly unqualified people, perhaps it was intentional.

[Strange Brew]

If they intentionally put an editor of a publication in a discussion of classified material at the time of a US military action, I would think that alone (since he wouldn't have security clearance for classified material) would be actionable as a violation.

But with these clearly unqualified people, perhaps it was intentional.

There are forests and there are trees Paul.

[paulxu]

Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.

Only the best people.

(think the Russians and Chinese might be trying to compromise personal cell phones?)

[Xville]

There are forests and there are trees Paul.

Keep digging that hole. It’s enjoyable watching you try to justify any of this

[GoMuskies]

Who tiers the betting sites?

[waggy]

Boooo Hoooo.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/polit...p-impeach-vrtc

[GoMuskies]

What, no pointless impeachment process? What a bummer.

[xuphan]

Looks like the end of Ukraine/US relations.

https://x.com/bricktop_nafo/status/1...767938043?s=46

[Strange Brew]

Keep digging that hole. It’s enjoyable watching you try to justify any of this

Well, it got Susan Rice out of the Pentagon which is a huge win for the military and the Country. And John Huntsman Jr. Seems like a lot of leakers are gone. Weird, it’s almost like someone baited the hook. What do I know. I don’t fish. :)

Oh, and Ville. The Chinese are backing down. Need a link to Optimum Tariff Theory?