Posted on 03/25/2025 1:19:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Gabbard testified, “There was no classified material that was shared in that Signal chat,” while Ratcliffe said, “My communications, to be clear, in the signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information.”
The sworn statements undercut what Democrats and Trump critics are trying to claim — that Trump national security officials recklessly shared classified information on a group chat that the editor-in-chief from the anti-Trump magazine The Atlantic was accidentally added to.
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The editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, revealed in a report Monday that he was added to the group chat, apparently by accident on March 13, along with 17 top Trump national security officials, to discuss strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen that occurred on March 15. Goldberg detailed the discussions and suggested that classified information was shared in the group chat.
According to the New York Post, Jeffrey Goldberg, who goes by “JG” on Signal, was accidentally added instead of the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, whose initials are also J.G.
Democrats and Trump critics are trying to capitalize on the story and claim the Trump administration’s handling of classified material is incompetent.
Senate Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Mark Warner (D-VA) spent most of his opening statement at the hearing discussing the story, as well as his time for questioning the witnesses Gabbard, Warner, and FBI Director Kash Patel, on the story.
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the chat appeared contrived, almost as if it were bait
Bkmk
should have had the chat on a private server in a bathroom and everything would be fine.
Ahhh...it was bait. Someone mentioned a “Canary trap” on another thread. It looks like this is what it was.
They didn’t give Warner the tiniest bit of ammo to use against them. Tough job but Tulsi and Ratcliffe did fine.
A very strange story in a very strange year. It makes no sense from what we have been told so far.
I think Goldberg was used as a tool to send a message to Europe that we are seriously pissed that they don’t contribute enough for their own defense. If sent through diplomatic channels, that message would have to be sent ... diplomatically. But if leaked by a Lefty journalist, it can be said more bluntly.
Ratcliffe and Gabbard revealed that we have a Navy with airplanes, bombs and missiles. There is no way anyone would have suspected that without these messages being revealed.
I now think it was a trap...Time to get the dude in front of congress.
Flooding the zone?!
It was a trap.
Reminds me of what Rick Blaine said to Sam, “Of All The Gin Joints In All The Towns In The World, She Walks Into Mine.”
Of all the journalists in all the world, how did this guy be the one who gets invited on the group chat?
Or how does this all occur a day before the main participants are scheduled to appear before a congressional hearing?
Most seasoned investigators do not believe in coincidence when investigating a crime.
I hope Trump investigates to discover Biden and Senate/ House/ Dod to see if they used Signal for sensitive discussions.
I thought Tulsi Gabbard was fantastic, tough as nails.
Ratcliffe was a bit naïve and too polite to the democrat bastard’s inquisition.
The democrat senators (Warner, Bennett and Ossoff) looked like total slime balls. /spit
Good one.
On another Signal chat, it was leaked that water is wet.
From a Breitbart article:
According to the New York Post, Jeffrey Goldberg, who goes by “JG” on Signal, was accidentally added instead of the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, whose initials are also J.G.So it looks like it's narrowed down to finding the person who grabbed the wrong JG without checking the full name. One wonders what other Administration Signal chats did the wrong JG get to listen in on before he let the cat out of the bag.
One of Walz' staffers screwed up badly and should pay the price for that.
That's because it's a coordinated Deep State psyop against Hegseth that Democrats call the Wrap-Up Smear "Tactic."
Nancy Pelosi says the wrap-up smear "tactic" is only used by Republicans, but Alinski 101 dictates that you always accuse your political enemy of what you are doing.
In the discussion they noted info that would have to be shared through more secure channels. That info was NOT shared on Signal.
If it turns out Waltz had Goldbergs Number on his Phone, Waltz is finished.
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