TMI

TBH, IMO this would be an LOL story about a major journalist curing his FOMO thanks to some new DOD BFFs who may want to step AFK after they flubbed OPSEC and couldn’t STFU about an imminent BFD IRL operational FYI on a commercially available texting app; but in what what qualifies as a GOAT level SNAFU, this WYSIWYG defense team treated deeply classified plans like a public AMA, leaving us to wonder if our NatSec is already FUBAR. ICYMI, here’s the TLDR. National security leaders included Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. He didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. (Even Hillary’s email server was like, ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ). The Atlantic (Gift Article): The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans. “I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.” What happens when you fire experienced, talented people and replace them with unqualified loyalists? Maybe that can be best answered by this quote from All The President’s Men. “The truth is these are not very bright guys and things got out of hand.” But that’s too long to text, so let’s just go with OMFG.