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@osma@mas.toVery relevant note: yeah the opsec is terrible, but the rationale of using Signal was to hide from the official record, and that's worse.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/signalgate-is-bad-but-opsec-isnt-even-the-worst-part-of-it
I don't know, the multiple extremely serious criminal acts on top of compromising sensitive national security information including at least one CIA human asset seems pretty bad.
@joeinwynnewood @osma They used Signal because they're lazy, too stupid to comprehend the risks, and in no way qualified for the seniority of the positions they hold. I'll bet most of them probably don't have their app set to make the messages disappear
I think that this time, they weren't so much seeking to avoid the official record, as stage managing a 'leak'. This was all deliberate and performative, so that when Starmer puts on his Big Boy pants and says, "WTF, Donald?", the response he'll get will be along the lines of, "Yeah, so what?"
This is American foreign policy now: the difference between the quiet and out-loud bits is being eroded daily, and from both ends. It's a bunch of frat boys talking shit about their waitress behind her back, whilst being public jerks to her for not putting out.