You do realize that the two points aren't mutually exclusive?
What I realize is that your initial attempted defense was total bullshit.
Signal has been used in the Government for a long time, it didn't start with this administration.
Signal hasn't been approved for non-public DoD information since 2023.
Unmanaged 'messaging apps,' including any app with a chat feature, regardless of theprimary function, are NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoDinformation. This includes but is not limited to messaging, gaming, and social mediaapps. (i.e., iMessage, WhatsApps, Signal). An Exception to Policy (E2P) request must besubmitted by the appropriate Component for use of an unmanaged messaging app that iscritical to fulfilling mission operations at https://rmfks.osd.mil/dode2p.
The NSA also warned its staff about vulnerabilities in Signal:
We also still don't know if these people were using Signal on their government or personal phones.
We also know the chat was set to be deleted after 4 weeks, which is a violation of the Federal Records Act.
We're not talking about people checking availability for a meeting.
Being given a tool like Signal doesn't mean you should use Signal.
Being told "don't use Signal for non-public DoD information" means that "you shouldn't use Signal to transmit non-public DoD information."
No top secret material. How much experience do you have dealing with Top Secret material? Because I can assure you from your claim that you don't know what it looks like.
Yes, the US Navy routinely tells the New York Times that it's going to launch F-16s at 1345 ET.
Shut the front door. You're not convincing anyone with such blatant lies.
If we assume this is TS material (it isn't) it wouldn't be a leak, it would be more likely called a spillage (inadvertant versus willful).
It depends on the nature of the data. You simply ignorantly believe that since you read "F-18" and "Cruise Missile" that you have detailed war plans. You don't.
What I read were specific details about which planes were launching in 2 hours. I also read that they were able to confirm that one of their key targets (Houthi's "top missile guy" was at his girlfriend's house, and that it collapsed due to the bombing.
The idea that this isn't top secret is completely insane.
I don't think you are.
Again, announcing a mission in advance is not necessarily a breach of classification. As I've already pointed out, knowing the attack is coming and being able to do anything about it are two separate things.
Again, this is a gigantic load of bullshit.
Holding people accountable for leaks of TS material, including posting it on unmanaged and unauthorized apps, isn't based on whether "something went wrong." If you had anything
remotely like the knowledge you claim, you'd know that.
Instead, all we get is another round of the most morally depraved apologia imaginable.
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