Oops! We Did It Again: Senior Officials Use Signal for Secret Chats, Invite Journalist by Accident!

Senior Trump administration officials accidentally invited a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing secret government business. The journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief at The Atlantic, hung around to read highly classified information about planned military attacks. The irony? The administration’s private chat mishap echoes Trump’s infamous email scandal criticism.

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Who knew that being a journalist could land you an exclusive invite to the U.S. government’s inner circle via a Signal group chat? Move over, email scandals; it’s time to talk about a new kind of app-etizing gaffe. Looks like Signal is the new go-to for top-secret disclosures, all thanks to our expert government officials who mistook it for a secure version of WhatsApp. If only Hillary had known, she could have avoided the whole server debacle with a simple group chat!

Key Points:

  • Senior Trump officials used Signal for discussing secret military plans.
  • Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to the group chat.
  • Discussions included details of upcoming military strikes on Houthi rebels.
  • Questions arise about the use of Signal and potential violations of security laws.
  • Senator Adam Schiff calls for an immediate investigation into the incident.

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