Hegseth calls The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg "a deceitful & highly discredited so-called journalist" who peddles hoaxes

[highplainsdem]

Acyn post with video on Bluesky:

Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?

Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-03-24T23:13:45.529Z

[SheltieLover]

1. Hoaxes my ass!

[highplainsdem]

21. Their usual smear of the media. And none of those were hoaxes.

[SheltieLover]

31. And after tsf's mouthpiece was shrieking about lie detectors to find leakers?

I couldn't manufacture this in fiction...

[Srkdqltr]

2. Of course he did.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Surely Goldberg

can prove through digital records that this happened. But all they have is name-calling.

[Irish_Dem]

29. Goldberg has the receipts.

Some screen shots.

The list of those attending the meeting.

Times, dates, aircraft, schedule, sequence of war plan events.

He can prove he saw the real deal.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Thanks hegseth

For confirming the story for us.

[dweller]

5. The Pisswig

Wrote that for him



✌🏻

[Ms. Toad]

6. Notice - he never once denied the accuracy of THIS article,

or the communications quoted in it.

[yardwork]

9. I read that he did.

I didn't watch his whole rant but I read that he said "Nobody was texting war plans.”

[Ms. Toad]

13. I listened to it twice before I commented -

and now a third time just to make sure I hadn't missed anything.

[highplainsdem]

14. He did a bit later. Another Acyn post with video on Bluesky:

Reporter: Why were those details shared on signal?

Hegseth: Nobody was texting war plans

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-03-24T23:15:12.451Z

[Ms. Toad]

15. Thanks for a specific post to additional information.

I was commenting solely on the linked video, in which he never denied it.

[highplainsdem]

16. I understand. Texas Towelie posted a CBS story an hour ago with the denial as the headline, which is

where yardwork might've read it while checking Latest threads:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/132144732

[Ms. Toad]

22. Could be.

I had already followed the link in the OP and listened to the video twice before commenting on what he (didn't) say in the video at the link.

You took the time to provide a link with additional information. I always appreciate additional specific information - even if it changes my impression of what he did or did not say.

[Miami Blue]

7. FelonTraitorTrump

Only hires the best drunkard/rapists the like of
Pete Hegseth.
🖕🏻

[Disaffected]

8. He and Trump are

both nuts from the same shell.

[Canada Kid]

10. Hegseth is a total dangerous idiot!

This utter moron leaks out sensitive classified information during an online conversation without taking 2 seconds to double check who he is communicating with, and he accuses and insults the person (Jeffrey Goldberg) who he leaks the info to. What a complete, inept asshole we now have overseeing the military. And his idiot boss disses the Atlantic magazine after first claiming he knows nothing, never heard anything, but say the publication is going bankrupt. This unchecked out of control way of conducting secret US military business definitely places the security and safety of these United States and it's inhabitants in deep jeopardy, and there should be consequences regarding these actions, especially when an oath was taken to uphold and protect the United States. Sounds like grounds for impeachment considering these failures. This follows the firing a short time ago of staff members who's job it is to monitor and maintain our nuclear weapons facilities. I would be concerned to give Hegseth a paper clip to play with...let alone the country's whole military!

[boonecreek]

11. Go home Pete,

you're drunk.

[ForgedCrank]

12. I didn't see anything shokcing

that was released.
What I want to know is why was a reporter a contact in his encrypted messaging app in the first place?

[dpibel]

17. Reason you saw nothing shokcing:

Goldberg left that out of his account. He made sure anyone who read his account would know that, when it came to sensitive information, he did not recount it. But he saw it. It was released.

I'm pretty sure the answer to your incisive question goes like this: It was an accident.

That's pretty clear from the story as well.

[Blue Owl]

18. So this is tRump's new national security gold standard, is it?

Jesus fucking Christ….

[Skittles]

20. right?

OMFG

[Skittles]

19. haha, he doth protest too much

[electric_blue68]

23. Hegseth.... NA GA!!!*

(this is humor to boister our energies in terrible times)

*Vulcan (Star Trek) for
"Youuuu're...OUT!!!!!
As in a Baseball Umpire calling out a player.

Any nominal watcher of Trek, or Science Fiction, and Baseball lovers (I enjoy it); you'd probably enjoy the Deep Space 9 episode:
"Take Me Out To The Holosuite".
(just came on Pluto TV yesterday)

Some ST For total beginners.
Deep Space 9 is a Space Station. The Commander, Captain is Benjamin Sisko is in "The Federation" (of United Planets). He's also a baseball fanatic, and keeps a baseball on his desk. Baseball is making a revival in part of The Federation.

He has a smug Vulcan (another species as in Spock, the pointy-eared guy) rival from Academy Days (initially sports related). He challenges this Vulcan to a baseball game. There's only 2 weeks to get a team in shape: "The Niners". So it's all about their prep, and the actual game.

The Holosuite is often a 2 story high by 1+ city block wide "box". They use energy to matter converters to create real scenery, buildings, cities, natural landscapes, rain, snow, fire etc right there, and vistas in the distance, objects, people, animals to make scenes, stories etc for participants to have fun, for study, practice, etc. They can make just about anything happen.

There are Safety Protocols to keep users safe. However they can be disengaged. People then can be Injured, or killed.

Anyway, it's really funny I m h o. Enjoy.

[moondust]

24. Slander.

Sue him.

[tavernier]

25. But he was sober as a JUG!

Er, I man Judge… you know, like the one on the SCOTUS.

[everyonematters]

26. On something like this, the first thing you would expect is for him to act like an adult.

The response was really childish.

[Irish_Dem]

30. He would have done better to make no comment.

[Ocelot II]

27. Exactly what we might have expected from DUI hire Hogsbreath.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

28. All these MAGAts

sound exactly like their bloated idol.

[Skittles]

35. which essentially......

is why they were chosen

[Solly Mack]

32. Snort.

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. Could somebody call a cab for the secretary?

Again?

Yeah, this time he passed out right in the middle of his weekly scheduled butt-kissing appointment with the boss. Almost missed him, but thank goodness Kash Patel dragged him out from the folds just before his appointment.

[UTUSN]

34. GOLDBERG to HEGSETH: "I know *you* are, but what am *I*?"