Posted on 03/25/2025 1:37:20 PM PDT by hardspunned
It is not a scandal and not a “gate.” Unless it can be named “Goldberg-gate” or “Atlantic blabbergate.”
-PJ
Pls see my #32. While this may have been a relatively minor event in some respects, the problem now is one more screw up like this can spell big trouble for the administration; you can be sure that behind the scenes Trump is not happy about this. Anything related to leaks of national security info is potentially explosive stuff.
Only one “journalist” is accidentally added, and just happens to be a left-wing hack from a pitifully leftist magazine, who then promptly beats a path to CNN to spill the beans?
Yeah, I smell a ‘Rat.
Just from digging around, it looks like there’s no such thing as a “usual” Signal mailing list, especially not for the DoD or intel agencies—Signal isn’t authorized for official use, and groups (i.e., recipients) are manually created.
So if someone like Goldberg appeared as a recipient, it was either deliberate, manipulated, or part of a rogue, off-the-record channel.
Either way, it’s not standard—it’s strategic.
Accidently? Is the staffer still employed?
Staffer accidentally? Or Dem infiltrator.
“If Goldberg had an ounce of common sense he would have never revealed any of this.”
He did his job as an emissary of the deep state. Everything went according to plan, and he revealed it exactly when he was scheduled to do it.
“I don’t know this—I’d have to be in the national security loop to make that claim.”
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Well, you stated “They ID’d a mole working for Waltz” which is pretty declarative so it sounded like you knew something. I just took what you said literally.
I wasn’t intending to be snarky.
But thanks for your thoughts on the issue. A lot here to speculate on.
Regards.
“anyone on that chat had better know who’s on it before you chime in.”
If someone had entered the chat surreptitiously, i.e., hacked in, it’s doubtful that others in the chat were aware.
“ If Goldberg had an ounce of common sense he would have never revealed any of this.”
They gave away they have a mole pretty early.
Who was the staffer?
How would he possibly have the contact for a Democrat operative “reporter” from a hostile media outlet to “accidentally” add?
My guess is this is subterfuge. Too easy. They have more moles. Let one get exposed early on.
But even if it was on their devices, that doesn’t automatically mean it was okay for anything beyond the most sensitive stuff. Government rules—especially for DoD or national security—require specific authorization for apps like Signal, and it’s banned for classified or operational details like military strikes.
Pre-installation could imply limited approval for basic comms, like scheduling, but using it for war plans is way outside that scope. It’s more likely they chose it deliberately, not just because it was there.
Good chance you’re right. Nancy’s famous wrap-up smear.
YES!
It is odd that of all people, Goldberg happens to be the one added, however I believe that this is being handled behind the scenes. We will likely never know the cause or effect , until released by a future president in 50 years.
My bad on that.
I can get a little carried away when I'm chasing a mystery down a rabbit hole.:-)
I’m thinking this as well considering all of the leaks Trump had in his first term, and make no mistake, there are probably some Swamp critters who are still embedded within the president’s team!
All of that is true.
But ... will the MSM let it go? I don’t think so. I think it was fabricated precisely to make it a big deal in the media.
“Why have a left wing journalist on your contacts”
Do you REALLY think that happened? There was no journalist on Waltz’s contact list. Someone let the TDS guy into the chat through a cyber back door, without the participants’ knowledge.
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