Signal Chat – How is it possible to happen at all
Over the last few hours, it has been revealed that a journalist has been accidentally added to Signal chat, where high -ranking decisions in the United States have discussed an upcoming military operation against the Huts and the elimination of the shipping threat in the region.
- First, why do they use Signal to discuss a future military operation? I know this is a very useful and relatively sure communication tool used by many of us. But how is the highest possible advisers of the United States President to discuss sensitive military operation in a mass use application? Why don’t they use more secure communications that are guaranteed by the National Security Agency or other governmental communication agency?
- Second using Signal for such a sensitive question, Participants demonstrate a pretty casual attitude towards operational securityS For the Minister of Defense, who is said to appreciate the ethos of the war, this deficit of security is horrifying. In normal times, people would be fired for such a thing. However, I do not expect it in this case because these are not normal times.
- Third, by communicating devices that transmit information about a future real -time operation to a journalist, The conversation may have been compromised And from other foreign stakeholders. As a result, can the whole operation to attack the Hutt have been compromised and the life of military staff being at risk?
- The fourth question is about « extracting profit » from Europeas one of the participants in the conversation described it. I know we are now in a strategic environment « without values, everything is transactions », but if you are going to pay for something, you may first consult with it.
This was related to JD Vance’s continuing discourse on « bad Europe ». As he clarified at the Munich Security Conference, this man really has something against Europe and Europeans. If I were in his place, I would not have been waiting soon any invitations to return to the continent.
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The conversation has also once again revealed the reluctance of this administration to play the role that US governments have played over the last 75 years – to help secure the main seaside paths of the world for free trade. While this was once regarded as a responsibility for US administrations and something that is good for America and everyone else, this administration sees similar responsibilities as a burden on its neck.
There will also be many allies who are watching this and wondering how safe their conversations with the US administration are. They will wonder about the security of their information shared with this administration. What influence does this have on the confidence between the senior members of the administration and their colleagues in the allied countries?
| In the past, there would be an investigation into this security breakthrough. Changes would be made. People would be fired. What are the chances of this in the current environment? |
Finally, there is an obvious problem that must also be solved. This is the role of the journalist involved. At what point did he need to inform the other participants that he was not sure he had to participate in this chat? Obviously, he would have understood quite quickly the consequences of national security from the conversation he was accidentally included.
The participants in the conversation did not share consciously sensitive information with it despite its accidental addition to the list of participants. Did the concern to compromise a military operation to require him more responsibility to declare his presence in the chat, or did the basic journalistic rules prevail on such issues?
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