Signal

It is tooooo late for Trump officials to ptetend that the conversation on Signal about the attack on the Houthis wasn't "classified" or in any other way wasn't a terrible intelligence mistake. It seems likely that the reason they did this on their own private phones through Signal is that they didn't want it to be archived and reviewable by Congress.

Here's John Bolton and General McCaffrey to explain why this is so bad ...

I think the officials involved in the war plans leak are very nervous, which explains why they are splitting hairs over classification vernacular. It's disappointing that those who were so careless with American lives won't be held accountable by Donald Trump unless he feels the… pic.twitter.com/Zk0t6kqVXg

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) March 25, 2025

If you listen to nothing else today, listen to this. @mccaffreyr3 explains we must assume Signal had been penetrated by foreign intelligence services, that everyone on that chat knew it was wrong, and the risks imposed on our soldiers by this egregious arrogance. pic.twitter.com/TLiFiWNqLg

— John Jackson (@hissgoescobra) March 24, 2025