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🗓️ 9 April 2025
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DJ Shipley and Cole Fackler break down the “SignalGate” scandal—how an accidental Signal chat invite spiraled into a national security issue. From SEAL comms to human error, the guys explain how these mistakes happen and why heads roll when they do.
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0:00.0 | Yesterday we get Ward, and I want to get your thoughts on this. |
0:02.5 | Yesterday's story comes out, Rob, if you want to pull this up, the whole signal gate, |
0:05.8 | whatever they want to call it, right? |
0:07.0 | The signal chat with Pete Hexit, you know, Pentagon Inspector General opens investigation into exit, |
0:13.2 | Signal chat scandal. |
0:15.0 | The White House said this week that the case has been closed on the signal scandal. |
0:18.0 | The Pentagon's Inspector General opened it back up. |
0:22.3 | And then, Rob, is this the one where six people got fired yesterday can you go that's a separate article that's this one right |
0:27.0 | here trump fired six national security staffers after meeting with uh far right activist laura |
0:31.4 | this is who the guardian trump ally presented with the opposition research against a number of |
0:35.9 | officials that she followed their disloyalty can you go a little bit lower rob to see who it was? |
0:40.8 | Fired six national security. It was on the following. The firing compass four staffers who were |
0:45.2 | fired overnight after the meeting and two who were removed over the weekend. Created |
0:48.8 | extraordinary situation. Lumer appeared to have more influenced than the national security |
0:53.4 | advisor Mike Waltz. |
0:54.2 | Okay. |
0:54.5 | So now this is what they're going through with communication. |
0:57.5 | Mike Waltz is creating a group chat on Signal where they're communicating about a decision that's being made. |
1:05.4 | And then accidentally, the individual that gets added to the chat rob is somebody from Jeffrey Goldberg from the Atlantic |
1:13.0 | from the Atlantic he gets into it accidentally he's in it some are saying you know the way that it |
1:19.1 | happened it is what it is for you guys you're out there how are you communicating yourself what |
1:24.9 | apps were you using when you're communicating, what apps are being |
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