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Eugene

(64,672 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:33 AM 12 hrs ago

Fired 'Idiot' Waltz Leaked One Last Signal Chat with Vance Before Getting Boot

Source: The Daily Beast

Fired ‘Idiot’ Waltz Leaked One Last Signal Chat with Vance Before Getting Boot

Josh Fiallo
Thu, May 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM EDT 2 min read

Fired National Security Adviser Mike Waltz can‘t help but leak his Signal chats.

Waltz, whose downfall was precipitated by Signalgate in March, was photographed on the messaging application again on Wednesday during his final meeting as a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Waltz, 51, did not bother to keep his screen hidden.

A zoomed-in look at Waltz’s phone shows he was texting Vice President JD Vance and had a voice call with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. In other Signal chats, the last names of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff can be seen.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-idiot-waltz-leaked-one-203402376.html

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Fired 'Idiot' Waltz Leaked One Last Signal Chat with Vance Before Getting Boot (Original Post) Eugene 12 hrs ago OP
The G.O.P. is a security threat for America BoRaGard 12 hrs ago #1
They were all using the platform too. yardwork 12 hrs ago #2
Even better, Clinton's secure server was for NON CLASSIFIED messages instead of the .gov server karynnj 12 hrs ago #3
I know. I have confidence in Clinton to use good judgment. yardwork 12 hrs ago #4
The foreign media are presenting the facts malaise 12 hrs ago #5

BoRaGard

(5,200 posts)
1. The G.O.P. is a security threat for America
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:36 AM
12 hrs ago

with a draft-dodging Krasnov (R-Felon) at the top of the crap heap

yardwork

(66,426 posts)
2. They were all using the platform too.
Fri May 2, 2025, 09:38 AM
12 hrs ago

The head of U.S. Intelligence exchanged a VM on an insecure platform.

The VP, the Secretary of State - all knowingly participated in communicating on a public platform.

So unbelievably corrupt. And compare to how Hillary Clinton was treated when she created a secure server!

Vomit inducing.

karynnj

(60,219 posts)
3. Even better, Clinton's secure server was for NON CLASSIFIED messages instead of the .gov server
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:05 AM
12 hrs ago

When all the messages were carefully examined and put out by the state department in tranches, there were a small number that were identified as having a low level classification and were there by mistake and some unclassified at the time, but as seen in 2015/2016 as needing some classification.

Given the work Clinton did, this means that she obviously DID use the special secure methods available to transmit classified material with only a very small number of lapses.

In retrospect, her biggest mistake was not lax security practices, but not insuring that the government had all messages archived as they should have been. If she, on her own initiative handed over all government emails on her server soon after leaving office so the State Department could archive it, there would not have been monthly releases of her emails.

However, as the first SoS to make very significant use of email, there were no standards or procedures to follow.

yardwork

(66,426 posts)
4. I know. I have confidence in Clinton to use good judgment.
Fri May 2, 2025, 10:07 AM
12 hrs ago

I think that's the difference. Trust me - or lack of it - in the different political parties.

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