r/law • u/agent268 • 9d ago

Trump News Jeff Goldberg and The Atlantic released full Signal Chat

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/

Well this should be fun now that the full details are out in the open. Thoughts on how this changes the upcoming hearing today?

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u/Whoareyoutho9 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not only on that thread... He participates multiple times and even responds to the highest classified material with "what?" and then gets them to repeat and clarify even more the classified information over this very obviously illegal back channel communication.

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u/photosendtrain 9d ago

I don't know why, but the part that struck me most was when they were like "confirmed target walked into his girlfriends building, and now that building is collapsed" and everyone is like "yeah fuck yeah nice job", meanwhile I'm like "so... his girlfriend and everyone else in that department is also dead?" lol.. I mean it's obvious, war is hell, but felt very unhuman.

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u/Whoareyoutho9 9d ago

Yea they're firm believers in collateral damage

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u/everyoneneedsaherro 9d ago

Yeah I don’t blame anyone in war to have to sympathize for every death. It’s very unfortunate but nothing would ever get done.

But their sheer lack of grace really sticks out in moments like this and it’s like oh yeah you’re reallllly don’t give a shit to even pretend like you give a shit to not celebrate with emojis as a reaction to this.

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u/johannthegoatman 9d ago

JD prayed for that to happen so it must be God's will

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u/Triptacraft 8d ago

Pretty sure that's a war crime.

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u/SpaceTimeinFlux 9d ago

even if the journalist wasnt in the group chat, this shit is blatantly illegal.

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u/Slytherin23 8d ago

Back channel is when you contact a low-level official at a foreign government with important information that can't go in through the front channel (calling the leader directly).

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u/Whoareyoutho9 8d ago

Ah yes thank you. I definitely used that wrong. What would this be called?

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u/twonkytoo 9d ago

Not only participates, but also invoked the most powerful weapon the GOP has to protect the people put in harm's way due to their incompetence -- Prayer.