[And on Sunday it was revealed that the #Signal chat “Houthi PC small group chat” was not the only Signal group chat that divulged #military operational details prior to the attacks. #Hegseth set up another group chat that included his wife & brother called the “Defense | Team Huddle” chat where he shared the same info as in the “Houthi PC small group chat”.]

The #GoogleDrive incident is the latest digital #security lapse for the #Trump admin. Last month, top officials inadvertently included the editor in chief of the Atlantic magazine in an unclassified chat used to discuss highly sensitive #military planning, & Trump’s #NationalSecurity adviser & his staff used personal #Gmail accounts for government communications, which experts described as insufficiently secure, The Post reported.

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> At the center of these unfolding negotiations is #ErikPrince, founder of the notorious private #military company #Blackwater and a close ally of #US President #DonaldTrump. According to a report published by Reuters on April 17, Prince is brokering an agreement that would position him to oversee the security and taxation of mineral extraction in the mineral-rich nation.
#DRC #Constellis

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“#Russian warnings to #Australia that “you have no cards” to stop Russian #military activity in the #IndoPacific have been mocked by #AnthonyAlbanese, who has dismissed an incendiary letter from an #ambassador as #authoritarian “#propaganda”.

The fact and his merry mob entertain the charade over Indonesia makes you wonder are they putting Country before job?

#AusPol / #Labor / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Coalition / #slogans <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/21/propaganda-albanese-mocks-russias-you-have-no-cards-warning-to-australia>

It was unclear how #Hegseth, a veteran & former Fox New host who before his confirmation in January had never previously served in a high-level government position, responded to those warnings.

Many of those in Hegseth’s inner circle during his first months in the #Pentagon were combat veterans w/deep experience in the #military but little firsthand knowledge of how the government operates at the highest levels.

Jennifer Hegseth has drawn attention for the access her husband has given her. #Hegseth brought her into two meetings with foreign #military counterparts in February and early March where sensitive information was discussed, a development first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

#NationalSecurity #Trump #Signal #Signalgate
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-brought-his-wife-to-sensitive-meetings-with-foreign-military-officials-c16db0ea

While the #Signal chat created by Waltz for snr ofcls was criticized for sharing details of a #military op on an encrypted but unclassified app, the participants — other than Goldberg of The Atlantic, who appears to have been added accidentally — were snr govt ofcls w/reason to track the progress of the attack.
But some of the participants in the group chat created by #Hegseth were not ofcls w/any apparent need to be given real-time info on details of the op.
#NationalSecurity #Trump #Signalgate

#Hegseth created the separate #Signal group initially as a forum for discussing routine administrative or scheduling information, two of the people familiar with the chat said. The people said Hegseth typically did not use the chat to discuss sensitive #military operations & said it did not include other cabinet-level officials.