As “Signal Gate” balloons, biased critics look more hostile, irrational, and sheltered than ever. Cell phones and text messaging are already an unstoppable reality.
There are countless historical examples of failures when traditionalists resist technology. Initially, military traditionalists feared the security risks of two-way radios. So, many continued to use pen and paper exclusively. Radio signals transmit everywhere within a radius. The entertainment radios of the time could accidentally pick up transmissions. However, pen and paper also had risks. Slow couriers could be delayed, intercepted, or killed by the enemy. The courier could be a spy or otherwise sympathetic to the enemy’s cause.
Germany utilized radios to coordinate the blitzkrieg. Some French military traditionalists still used couriers despite the advantages of two-way radios. The occasional farmer did hear German communications on their entertainment radio. When this happened, I can imagine the traditionalist generals bragging, “This is why we still use couriers.” They probably patted themselves on their backs until the French government surrendered.
Biased media and politicians are acting like traditionalist French generals. The “farmer” equivalent in the above example, Jeffrey Goldberg, overheard today’s equivalent of a two-way radio transmission. To criticize the Trump administration, they now essentially argue for the military to stop using cell phones and text messaging due to “security concerns.”
This is both detrimental and impossible. Despite risks, texting has greater benefits. Background noise and other distractions in austere military environments render speaking/hearing over the phone useless. Therefore, texting is essential for clear, accurate, and timely communication. Second, landlines have been phased out globally for over a decade. Future overseas locations will not have landline infrastructure. Each year, thousands of young adults who have never used a landline enter the military. Today, texting is a preferred method of communication among this group. These young adults will become tomorrow’s military leaders. The military’s use of cell phones and texting is unstoppable.
All levels of the military, spanning multiple presidencies, have already utilized cell phones and text messaging in ways that would apparently shock Jeffrey Goldberg. Both cell phones and text messaging are required for the modern military. As a result, the military chain of command has been encouraging the use of “Signal” based on recommendations from cybersecurity experts. As the controversy grows, the critics amplifying it appear increasingly petty, absurd, and out of touch.
Not denying the importance of adopting new tech, but with new tech comes new challenges that requires new controls, policy and procedures. If the leadership just admitted the mistake and noted they were going to determine how to better handle in the future, it would not be near the issue it has become. The denial to the American public and Congress was absurd and shows poor judgement on their part.
You’re absolutely right! If only there was a way that military and government personnel could text and chat sensitive information on a secure and private network instead of having to use a public third party app. Oh wait…..
Uh, radio is a broadcast medium, instant messaging is not. If i, as an enlisted Marine were to use this app I would have lost my clearance and job and likely legal penalties.
It is illegal to use insecure phones for this for a reason.
Jeffrey Goldberg got access to the hush-hush meeting, which wasn’t a failure of the software’s encryption. According to his own embarrassed admission, Goldberg was apparently included in the chat accidentally by the invitation of National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. There may be more to this story than we know.
The Nazis reckoned they had an unbreakable code in the Enigma system… until the Brits cracked it.
The Navajo Code Talkers were possibly the most secure means of communication – IF you could trust every individual Navajo. Every code has a weak link, and as they say, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
FOLKS, YOU ARE FORGETTING THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS.
NO BOMBING LOCATIONS, OR THE LOCATION OF ANY ATTACH ON ANY PERSONNEL WAS INCLUDED IN THE TEXTS. So at 2:15, SOMEWHERE, there will be a bombing raid. At 3 pm, SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE is going to targeted.
To include ANY journalist was a mistake. BUT HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE ANYTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. Was it here? Was it there? Who knows! Ole Jeffery certainly didn’t know. Why didn’t ole Jeffery say hey, guys, why am I a part of this chat? Did you really want me on it? If it was such a national threat, as his liberal Atlantic media outlet says, why didn’t he recognize it was a mistake and just keep his mouth shut? Answer: He is a liberal reporter working for a liberal media outlet and he wanted to ‘get Trump’. Mistakes happen, I get it and this was a mistake. But ole Jeffery’s reporting was not good journalism. It did not serve the national interest. It only served to make him the latest 3 minute liberal media ‘star’. It is an important story but was handled very badly by the media and continues to be hyped demanding that someone be fired. For ole Jeffery’s sake, I hope he never makes a mistake. What goes around, comes around ole Jeffrey.
So, if he published the chat before the attack, are you thinking that the Houthi would not have been able to take up an aggressive defense stance because they didn’t know ‘which of their locations’ was to be targeted specifically? Wow. jumping through hoops to pretend this wasn’t a huge embarrassment for US military operations shows how effective the cult is at motivating their followers to use ignorance as a self-defense tool.
Again, if they had just admitted the mistake and been thankful it didn’t disrupt the mission or cost American lives and acknowledged that they need to better this would not be the fire storm it is. But nope. They lied. Cuz that what Trump officials do. Lie and attack the messenger because their thin skin doesn’t allow them to admit mistakes.
They are embarrassment to this great country and need to resign.
After all your posturing and covering for the previous administration, their dementia ridden leader, all his DEI hires, and all their “America Last” policies, you’ve got some nerve talking about how anyone in this administration is an embarrassment.
Give it a rest, Chris.
But don’t forget the topless transvestite party on the White House lawn was an embarrassment to common sense folks every where.
Biden and his staff told so many lies that even the Washington Post said they quit counting.
If you like your current health care provider, you can keep it.
I won’t pardon him.
I rode the train across the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Joe is sharp as a tack.
Need I go on?
None of those are on the scale of Trumps desire to take over Canada, Greenland, and Panama.
None of those are on the scale of his united the world against us in a massive trade war.
None of those are on the scale of claiming the billions in SS is being spent on SS payments to 130 year old people
None of those are on the scale of firing and having to rehire 1000s of federal employees because your DOGE team has no idea what they are cutting.
If you want to go embarrassment for embarrassment, I think Trump will win hands down. I noticed you had to reach across two different presidents to come up with your short list.
But you be you
Yeah, Trump is making things happen fast! In just 72 days, he has:
– turned our allies against us
– slowed GPD growth
– directly caused the stock market to decline
– reduced consumer sentiment
– United Asian countries against us
– Stopped some of the most innovative research in the top universities in the world
– Fired and rehired several 1000 federal employees
– Threatened judges with jail for doing their jobs
– Cut legal immigration to record lows (farmers are gonna love this come harvest time)
– Attempted to overrule the constitution of the United States with a simple executive order
– Deported US citizens
– Locked up legal immigrant in a foreign prison without due process of law
– Violated the principle of free speech by deporting visa holders who said things on social media he didn’t like.
AND he hasn’t:
– brought peace to the middle east day 1 as he said
– brought peace between Russia and Ukraine by day one as he said
– drop prices for groceries day 1 as he said
– and he certainly hasn’t given us the strongest economy we have ever had day 1 as he said.
But hey! He and his immigrant wife made millions from their crypto scam!
Yeah. Biden and Harris were far better leaders without question.
But you be you.
Lmao….that’s a good one…Bidum and Harris…good leaders.
Nope. But, better than this current sh*t show.
Nope.
Senile, feeble old men are not good leaders.
neither are ignorant crazy old men who paint their face orange.
This is what Winning feels like. Enjoy it for the next four years, Chris.
Yep, Trump is doing well. That’s what Winning looks like. I’m lovin it!
You enjoy having the world rally together to fight us economically? Weird.
hope you moved your portfolio to gold and silver last week. I sure did. it’s going to be an awful two years. Then we can vote out the lazy republicans in Congress that are allowing this nonsense trade war.
If those nations don’t want tariffs imposed on them, they can stop imposing them on the U.S.
Rural American farmers just spent the last four years having every aspect of their lives attacked by the Biden climate agenda, from absurd soil regulations to electric farming equipment mandates.
Rural farmers were at the White House recently, telling Trump they were grateful to him because their jobs had been shipped overseas, and the tariffs were good for our country.
The American Cattle Company supports Trump’s tariffs, saying, “Tariffs are the best for American ranchers and consumers long term.”
Most aren’t putting tariffs on us. And those that do, are on only a limited mix of products. Trumps calling trade gaps the same as tariffs just feeds his ignorant base as what little investments they have drop through the floor. Good luck with that.
Rural farmers will a dual problem of no immigrant labor and no market to sell their goods. Most farmers i know are praying that the tariff income you and I pay (ie taxed) will be paid to them in the form of subsidies like the last time Trump tariffs cashed ag prices in the US.
But you be you.