My Unanswered Questions About That Signal Chat

Everyone knows about it by now.

A group of senior Trump regime Cabinet members was in a group chat discussing an impending airstrike in Yemen on Houthi militants when one of them, National Security Advisor Michal Waltz, added The Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. Here’s my recap if you missed it.

After the story broke, many Americans had a similar thought: none of this makes any sense.

The Senate Intelligence Committee was certainly curious. In a hearing on Tuesday, many members asked tough questions in an attempt to figure out how multiple people responsible for the safety and security of the United States could be responsible for what former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg referred to as the “highest level of fuckup imaginable”. Democrats on the committee had some well-thought-out lines of questioning that uncovered what an absolute travesty this is, despite every Cabinet member stonewalling to their utmost ability.

SecDef Hegseth, if he were competent and could experience the emotion of guilt, should resign immediately. CIA Director Ratcliffe and National Security Advisor Waltz should as well. Kash Patel said he wasn’t even aware of what was going on and Gabbard played the fool as well. Their collective incompetence is expected, given all of them are way out of their league, and it’s sad to know none are capable of being ashamed of themselves.

Using Signal at all appears to be a violation of the Espionage Act. Of course, no one will face any charges over this because that would require Patel and Bondi to care about the integrity of the law instead of using every opportunity conceivable to persecute Trump’s enemies with all the grace of chainsaw-wielding Nazi.

Also, it should be noted the NSA sent out a warning in February that Signal had key vulnerabilities that could be exploited.

Unfortunately, Senators were given limited time to question these troglodytes, so here are the questions I feel are still lingering: