#DefSec has left his personal Signal Chat phone # all over the web.
#Hegseth doesn't even have the common sense of a 3yo - even a 3yo'd know not to leave the front door wide open.
And this is who Trump's entrusted w/the nation's security & military.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseths-personal-signal-chat-phone-number-is-all-over-the-internet/
Adam Schiff to Jen Psaki (in for Lawrence O'Donnell):
What's going to happen now is the Houthi's are going to reverse engineer this event, try to figure out sources & methods: find out how DoD knew the target was at his girlfriend's place, if it was a human source, who that might've been...#DefSec et al compromised not just this operation, they've potentially compromised future operations as well.
bring you to a foregone conclusion favoring #DefSec et al.
What ACTUALLY happened was #DefSec, #POTUS et al dodged a bloody bullet & the outsider they "accidentally" included is an upstanding journo who didn't reveal publicly what he believed, on the basis of his wide experience, was secret info that'd compromise a military op.
This does NOT mean it was OK - or is now - to break natl security protocol, use an unclassified comms system in an unsecured setting w/your mobile to communicate.
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Since #DefSec & #POTUS have declared the Signal chat messaging thread abt the #Houthi air strike does not contain classified info, The Atlantic has decided to publish the war plans in that thread: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/
Then #PressSec says the public should decide for THEMSELVES how to evaluate the Signal text thread "based on the success of the operation."
So, yeah, you can decide for yourself IF you decide to follow her instrux to limit your consideration to her parameters designed to
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Rep Maria Elvira Sanchez (R-FL27) to Boris Sanchez/#CNN in re massive #security failure by #DefSec Hegseth et al:
The #Houthi assault was successful. Everyone makes a mistake and they deserve a 2nd chance.
Blah blah blah Yadda Yadda Yadda
Yeah. Well, a whole lotta ppl aren't willing to trust these bozos with anything now & def do not agree.
‘Oh for God’s Sake’
Brit Hume - #DefSec Hegseth's frmr colleague on Fox - can’t believe Pete Hegseth tried to deny airstrike plans were leaked or even discussed
“Oh for God’s sake, the administration has already confirmed the authenticity of the message”
And I'm guessing Brit Hume, in a position to know, has had it just about up to here w/ Hegseth's BS.
Not sure the supposition that the Untied Kingdom will row back on its AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership with Australia as a result of #TraitorTrump's siding with Putin rather than the West holds much water.
UK will need new nuclear boats to counter Putin's Russia as much as Oz will need them to counter Xi's China, and both countries will continue to benefit from collaboration (especially when #Trump withdraws our nuclear security clearances).
#AUKUS #DEFSEC #SSN #SSBN
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/australia-us-relationship-trump-albanese-zelenskyy
More lies -
#Panama's president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the #PanamaCanal for free.
Mulino said he'd told #DefSec #Hegseth Wednesday he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them. https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-trump-rubio-hegseth-b623a51ac94ef2a738195e8b894e2a8b?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said it was "empowered to set tolls and other fees for transiting the canal," adding that it had "not made any adjustments to them".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9149j4nmzo
Trump preemptive "negotiation" strategy?
Alex Witt:
Are you confident if an emergency arose, Pete #Hegseth would know how to handle it?
Seth Moulton:
No.
He doesn't know anything.
He didn't even know what countries are in ASEAN, an incredibly imp alliance in a region where war is most likely to break out over #Taiwan.
Trump has found a stooge in Hegseth.
#PeteHegseth Is Confirmed as #Defense Secretary By Slim Margin
Hegseth has vowed to bring his “#warrior” ethos to the #Pentagon [he must mean #drunk #rapist ethos]. Democrats had assailed him as #unfit for the job, & his confirmation came down to *Vice President* #JDVance serving as tiebreaker.
[feel free to attack the #UnitedStates, there’s a drunk at the wheel]
Some #military officers worry that #PeteHegseth could turn a blind eye to #US #WarCrimes
As a #FauxNews contributor, he persuaded #Trump to intervene in the cases of 3 service members accused of #crimes. Would he do it again as #DefSec?
#NationalSecurity #Defense #USpol #InternationalLaw #law #geopolitics
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/military-officers-worry-pete-hegseth-turn-blind-eye-us-war-crimes-rcna183732
More attention on please:
#PeteHegseth Lobbied #Trump to #Pardon #WarCriminals
Among those [Trump’s pick for #DefSec] #Hegseth …advocated for was Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL platoon leader…[who] shot #civilians, including a school-age girl, & knifing to death a captured ISIS fighter receiving medical treatment in Iraq in 2017.
#NationalSecurity #Defense #WarCrimes #USpol #InternationalLaw #law
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-host-pete-hegseth-privately-lobbied-trump-to-pardon-accused-war-criminals/
#BreakingNews:
The #Senate has advanced the nomination of #PeteHegseth as #Trump's #defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats & stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior & qualifications to lead the US #military.
#NationalSecurity #DefSec #idiocracy #USpol
#drunk #SexualAssault #law
Pete Hegseth Succumbed to Blackmail. He Can't Be Confirmed to #DOD
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-succumbed-blackmail-he-cant-confirmed-dod-opinion-2013704
(Via @jgindel on Dead
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Good effing point.
Susceptibility to #blackmail's always a major #security concern, it's exactly why for decades gays could not get security clearances.
#Hegseth claims he has already succumbed to blackmail.
Not #DefSec-worthy.
crazy
#Trump Picks #PeteHegseth, a Veteran & #FoxNews Host, for #DefSec
The choice of #Hegseth, a dedicated supporter of Trump, is outside the norm of the traditional choice for the post.
#RIPdemocracy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/politics/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#US Says Troops from #NorthKorea Are in #Russia to Aid Fight Against #Ukraine
#DefSec #LloydAustin confirmed on Wed that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to join the fight against Ukraine, a major shift in Moscow’s effort to win the war. Austin called the #DPRK’s presence a “very serious” escalation that would have ramifications in both #Europe & #Asia though he said that what the soldiers were doing in Russia was “left to be seen.”
#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/us/politics/north-korea-russia-military-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#US Sec of State #Blinken told the #UNSC last month that addressing North Korean (& Iranian) arms deliveries to #Russia should be the first priority for the #UN body. And US #DefSec #LloydAustin told lawmakers this spring that weapons from countries such as #NorthKorea & #Iran helped to keep Russia’s war going.
#geopolitics #democracy #Ukraine #war #intelligence
#StandWithUkraine
“…the #Defense Dept begins the 14th fiscal yr…w/o an appropriated budget. The dire consequences of yet another yr beginning w/a #ContinuingResolution funding the #Pentagon were communicated to #Congress by #DefSec #LloydAustin this month. This is just the most recent demonstration of the yawning gap between the political rhetoric in Washington about sustaining American military strength & the stark realities on the ground.”
-Robert M.Gates DefSec 2006–11
#NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/24/robert-gates-peril-china-russia-pentagon-congress-defense/
Signatories include fmr Sen William Cohen (R-ME), who served as #Defense secy [#DefSec] under fmr Pres #BillClinton; fmr #CIA Dir Michael Hayden, who served under fmr Presidents #Obama & #GeorgeWBush; fmr Dir of National #Intelligence [#ODNI] John Negroponte, who served under #Bush; fmr #FBI & CIA Dir William Webster, who served under fmr Presidents #Reagan & #GeorgeHWBush; & fmr US #Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, who served under Pres George W. Bush.
