So far it seems that the agreed upon defense is that nothing in the Signal group chat was classified. This is convenient, because the journalist - unlike the national security officials - decided to keep the classified information he had classified, so there is no way to debunk their lies without revealing said classified information.
Fuck this reality.
Angus King - who voted to confirm Hegseth - challenges Gabbard on the ludicrous assertion that the war plan wasnât classified:
Arthur Scherbius is rolling over in his grave.
I have just seen Hegseth dubbed âWhiskeyleaksâ. Thatâs good enough to stick.
Seems to me that statements to this effect, made under oath to Congress, would be admissible in a FOIA hearing.
If this were Veep, it would be funny because it would be ludicrous to the max.
This was all from about a week ago.
Sen. Warner pointing to the elephant in the room.
Absolutely amazing. Gabbard refused to answer even whether she was the âTGâ in the chat group. She was given three opportunities and each time attempted to roll out a clearly prepped, canned ânot going to discuss deliberation processesâ statement.
Corrupt, lying quisling.
One of the thread participants was in Moscow while participating on the thread. Thatâs Moscow, Russia, not Moscow, Idaho. Gabbard was also overseas while participating on the thread.
So these Signals went through foreign servers where - encrypted or not - copies likely remain.
So, to summarize: they can say with unqualified certainty that there was no classified material information disclosed in the thread in which they cannot remember participating and cannot remember any details discussed therein and if they could they would not be able to talk about it.
ETA: Also, itâs Bidenâs fault. Iâm not kidding.
Iâm less critical of the Democrats than some on here, but this is an example where a better fight needs to happen. King had the correct rebuttal, but it HAS to be delivered in a manner that leads every news show: a screaming, fist-banging, cops pulling me out my chair rant is called for. He should be scaring (or at least unsettling) all the motherfuckers sitting at that table, who are feeding the American people lies.
The rat-fuckers are going to get off yet again and continue to rat-fuck because the QOP doesnât give a shit and the Dems are useless.
If thatâs the case then the reporter can release the screenshots right?
In a case of irony being so ironic, Lauren Boebert chastises Democrats for making fun of the Gulf of America by telling them that the District of America may be next.
Iâm not sure she understands the nuance between Christopher Columbus and the country of Colombia. Itâs like an unending episode of VeepâŚ
He included at least one screenshot in the article, just nothing actually classified. I think the reporter would still be in legal jeopardy if he shared any of the actual details as the Espionage Act - as we all learned from the Mar-a-Lago documents case - doesnât care about âclassifiedâ or âunclassifiedâ; it refers to ânational defense informationâ which can be either.
I would absolutely expect this clown car full oâ hypocrites to prosecute the journalist for releasing the information he was given, while letting the people who gave him that information scoot.
Oh I know itâs not a good idea, just pointing out the hypocrisy.
