Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.
Minutes before U.S. fighter jets took off to begin strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last month, Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who leads U.S. Central Command, used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The material Kurilla sent included details about when U.S. fighters would take off and when they would hit their targets — details that could, if they fell into the wrong hands, put the pilots of those fighters in grave danger. But he was doing exactly what he was supposed to: providing Hegseth, his superior, with information he needed to know and using a system specifically designed to safely transmit sensitive and classified information.
But then Hegseth used his personal phone to send some of the same information Kurilla had given him to at least two group text chats on the Signal messaging app, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges told NBC News.
The thing I don’t get is why did he send it to a group chat with his wife and brother? Was it an accident when he meant to share it to the Houthi PC Small Group, or was he testing out the formatting? I don’t really understand what they’d even do with that information?
Either bragging or laundering information to enemies of the US through close family and legal relationships so they are less likely to turn on him.
That’s it. There is no other reason it could be.
Ohh hmm maybe that’s why it was wife and his brother/lawyer, so they can’t testify against him?
I sent the first news story about the signal chats to my parents ands in-laws in a big group that said “I had better never fucking hear another one of you dumbasses say a word about ‘HeR eEeEeEmAiLs’ ever again”
Not a single one replied, both parents have (according to my wife) started taking Facebook posts they’ve made in the past down, and my in-laws have not said a political word in over a week. It’s been refreshing.
They clearly aren’t ready to accept they may have been totally wrong all along, but it’s nice to see they might be self-aware enough to recognize when they might be potentially maybe SOMETIMES be less than correct about specific things.
You need a microscope to see it, but i consider it a step up.
But was he wearing a tan suit?
That’s a dereliction of duty they can only be treasonous or intent or so negligent as to be indistinguishable.
Hang him by the neck until he’s dead.
But, Hillary’s emails! Remember those?
He will be replaced with loomer
” There’s no dysfunction.”
Ron Howard: There is.
Imagine if this was democrats, with a democrat presidency.
Just fucking imagine.
Conservatives are the epitome of hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy is the platform of the modern GOP.
and the one of pre-modern times, too
Epitomized by Hillary responding “you’ve got to be kidding me” 😂 idgaf who you are, that shits hilarious
Yeah I have no love for Hillary, but that was a perfect response.
Hillaryus*
I’ll show myself out…
They would be chanting in unison death to Biden or Obama
My father in laws head would explode. Instead he and my mother in law twist themselves into knots to justify this crap.
Did they try to justify this specifically?
No just generally defending right wing positions. The last stuff was my MIL posting about how tariffs are misunderstood.
Gotcha. Was just curious what defense they gave if so.
“There’s no dysfunction.”
Definitely the kind of quote you get from a functioning administration at the annual Easter egg hunt.
😂😂😂
