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DEF Sec Hegseth used #Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats.

In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign govts about an unfolding MIL operation, the ppl said. He also used the nongovt message service to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, his schedule, & other unclassified but sensitive info.

#NationalSecurity #DOD #Incompetence #Russia #Resist #USPol
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Sec of DEF #Hegseth has ordered snr Pentagon leadership to cut the number of 4-star generals & admirals by at least 20% across the MIL. As of 2023: 7 -across the entire MIL.

Memo also directs: Pentagon to cut the# of general officers in the NG by 20% & to cut the total# of general & flag officers across the MIL by 10%. There're currently ~900 -those with the rank of one star or higher -across the MIL.

Amplify, MIL downsizing is a gift to Putin & Xi.

#DOD #Resist #USPol allrisenews.com/p/trump-immigr

All Rise News · Trump purges immigration judges: Public comment sparse so farBy Adam Klasfeld

A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages. Read more at @404media. #Signal #TeleMessage #DOD #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity flip.it/TqGyLR

404 Media · The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was HackedTeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.

"I enjoy tweaking Pete Hegseth for his Signal stupidity, but I think it's even more important that in his juvenile obsession with "lethality"🚨he forced our military to abandon safeguards against killing civilians. And now we seem to be doing that with regularity in Yemen..."
-T Malinowski

#Incompetence #Traitors #Hegseth #DOD #WarCrimes #Trump #Republicans #Propaganda #Resist #Sadism #USPol

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