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Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.

  • Rakonat@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Remember in 2016 when the entire magat crowd screamed that Hillary should be locked up for using a private, secure server that was only accessible to authorized individuals?

    Surely they won’t be hypocrites and try to brush this under the rug, or worse try to blame the editor-in-chief who had no desire to get wrapped up in this.

    • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      haha, yeah, let’s get them on this hypocrisy. surely this will be the last one, if we just point it down and take it to mom, everything will be set right. no real effort required.

      • Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        thank you. people just need to stop it. we all get it. now what are we going to do about it?

        no one is coming to save us.

        guns.

        • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          5 days ago

          see, pointing at guns in the american sense is kind of… not productive. the american conception is very capitalist, that the value of the gun comes from owning it, rather than using it.