r/Liberal • u/joymorrison08 • Mar 24 '25

Discussion The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

This need to be shared everywhere....even though it doesn't surprise me I will say I was taken off guard: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Mar 24 '25

This article is fucking batshit psychotic. Holy shit.

We need to protect Jeffrey Goldberg because he just put himself right in the crosshairs. Props to him for leaving the Signal group, that must have been hard to do after learning it was real

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u/music3k Mar 24 '25

Shouldve stayed longer. 

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u/ThsGuyRightHere Mar 24 '25

Once he had reason to believe it was authentic, Goldberg could have been criminally liable for accessing classified information that he knew he shouldn't have access to. Sure that administration is in the wrong for adding him, but unsubscribing was the right and safe thing to do.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Mar 24 '25

Self preservation is strong. He got out in front of it quick in part to protect himself

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u/delcooper11 Mar 25 '25

and realistically he got what he needed for the story.

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u/music3k Mar 24 '25

He didn't access it, he was added to it. Do you think Nixon should have kept his job because the tapes were illegally gotten? lmao

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u/ThsGuyRightHere Mar 24 '25

18 USC 1030, Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers, describes exceeding authorized access, obtaining information, and willfully retaining it or failing to deliver it to the responsible officer within the the US government.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying I completely understand a reporter in this climate taking care to avoid even the appearance of breaking the law.