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Mar 26 2025 The New York Times
Updated Mar 29 2025 The Guardian

Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥

Top US officials included a journalist to group chat on Signal and chatted about Yemen strike plans.

That is not a line from Saturday Night Live or some other comedy show or even a stand up routine, that is what really happened.

And if you have forgotten, there is a war in Yemen, another in Sudan, and another in Gaza, not to mention Ukraine. So, you would think that this is a time to take security about war plans seriously.

I should stop now, before I write something totally unprintable about this. So, below is the first paragraph from the piece.

If you’re running the security directorate of a hostile nation, savor this moment. It’s never been easier to steal secrets from the United States government. Can you even call it stealing when it’s this simple? The Trump administration has unlocked the vault doors, fired half of the security guards and asked the rest to roll pennies. Walk right in. Take what you want. This is the golden age.

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Update Mar 29 The Guardian

The Signal chat exposes the administration’s incompetence – and its pecking order

The discussion revealed unserious people who don’t know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real boss