Posted on 04/20/2025 5:34:11 PM PDT by Mariner
It not only included his wife and brother, I too was copied. My neighbor and his cousin was also copied.
Was anyone else included in the chat?
Some context from the NY Times article. The alleged chat included his brother and lawyer, but they are also employed at the Pentagon. Chat was “Defense | Team Huddle” - Assuming they had proper clearances, not that big a deal. Harder to justify the wife, but having a close group trusted friends to discuss big issues with is not bad. Gotta do it the right way though.
Mr. Hegseth’s brother Phil and Tim Parlatore, who continues to serve as his personal lawyer, both have jobs in the Pentagon, but it is not clear why either would need to know about upcoming military strikes aimed at the Houthis in Yemen.
The previously unreported existence of a second Signal chat in which Mr. Hegseth shared highly sensitive military information is the latest in a series of developments that have put his management and judgment under scrutiny.
Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was mistakenly included, the newly revealed one was created by Mr. Hegseth. It included his wife and about a dozen other people from his personal and professional inner circle in January, before his confirmation as defense secretary, and was named “Defense | Team Huddle,” the people familiar with the chat said. He used his private phone, rather than his government one, to access the Signal chat.
The claim is that he created the group before the inauguration, and continued using it after being nominated, then confirmed. So at that point, he would have had access to classified information.
Whether the story is correct in claiming that he actually shared classified information with those additional people, including his wife, hasn't yet been confirmed. Unless/until it is...I don't much care about the story.
In spite of all the pearl clutching, the strikes in Yemen were supremely effective. Have not heard of any piracy if ships in red sea lately.
If proven to be true - he should be fired on the spot.
It took 4 lying rats to write this crap.
I can't fathom anybody at his level using such insecure ways to communicate.
When I was in the USAF OPSEC (operations security) was drilled into everyone even at the lowest level.
I wonder if it is still being done?
No way he should be using his cell phone for "secure" communications.
He should be using a secure, encrypted, hard wired land line.
There’s no evidence for these claims.
🇺🇸 vs 🇨🇳
I received a text from Pete, it read:
“We invade China on June 6th, weather permitting”
Jill and Hunter??
BS proof or shut up.
Trump spoke on this, He knows it all the DC media smear job because Hegseth opposes war with Iran that the DC war whores want so desperately.
I trust Trump. It is his call. That how a representative republic works.
You desperately wanting to believe the smear is utterly irrelevant to anything going on in DC
It really sad that despite the 10s of thousands of proven lies published by the Dinosaur media over the last 2 decades, there is still a collection of old GOP-E Freepers that desperately want to believe every lie the media tells them
I can’t fathom after the 10,000s of lie told the GOP-E bots around here by the “News media” there still this collection of you that automatically trusts anything the Junk Media publishes
How about you all stop being part of the knowing lie machine and for once start demanding PROOF from the habitually lying media?
And know, “anonymous sources” are NOT proof despite how frequently the Junk Media uses them to lie to you
An alcoholic who does not do OPSEC well, cannot defeat the Deep State.
Signal chat is managed by globalist lefties who have access to Pete's messages.
Sarcasm, I assume.
Why do you think Pete has allowed alcohol to still run his life?
Just because he is not using does not mean he isn't yearning to. We need to pray for him. We need him to succeed. If he fails, Trump fails. No one here wants that.
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