Someone else was in on the controversial Signal chat who shouldn't have been there

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/joe-kent-signal-app/

Someone else was in on the controversial Signal chat who shouldn't have been there

Travis Gettys
March 27, 2025 8:52AM
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National security adviser Mike Waltz added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, apparently by mistake, but the Willamette Week reported that Joe Kent, the president's nominee to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center, was also part of the group despite his awaiting Senate confirmation.

“The recklessness and incompetence of how Trump’s so-called ‘best and brightest’ handled national security information is bad enough when they’re channeling the offhanded attitude of tweeners texting about their plans for spring break,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). “But the fact they included Joe Kent in this buffoonish behavior only magnifies their dangerous sloppiness and total disregard for intelligence since he hasn’t even been confirmed by the Senate.”

Kent – a former Green Beret, failed two-time GOP congressional candidate and 2020 election denier with ties to white nationalists – has been the acting chief of staff to national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard, according to three sources, but his role has not been publicly announced.

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Democrats have called on participants in the group, which was led by defense secretary Pete Hegseth and included vice president J.D. Vance, to resign because they used a commercially available third-party app to discuss top-secret military operations, and a government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit alleging the chat violated the Federal Records Act because the app automatically deletes messages.
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[brush]

1. Probably a few foreign intel agents monitoring it too.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Joe Kent, widower of Shannon Kent

Yeah, his politics is way out there, but I cut him some slack because of what happened to his wife in Syria.

And, yes, her death happened on Motherfucker's first watch and he used her as a photo op.

[hamsterjill]

3. Perhaps I missed it, but shouldn't Democrats

Have asked for a complete list of who was on the call?

Again, maybe I missed that. Not throwing stones - just asking.

[BattleRow]

4. Would they even have a clue as to who all was in that?

Wonder what backdoor Elon has provided ?

[Ray Bruns]

5. Did he look like this

[birdographer]

6. Isn't it a tad odd

that one person who was NOT in on this secret bombing mission text group was OUR PRESIDENT??? And he later said he had not been briefed on it, and then he demonstrated that he had no idea what Signal was, he thought they were saying that “the signal was bad”—like weak wifi. He is so utterly clueless that they don’t even bother involving him in anything.

This country is indeed being run by clowns. Which explains the circus it has become.

[Hekate]

7. Muskrat tries not to bother trump's fuzzy little head with petty details like that

[txwhitedove]

8. Agree, i was asking same question. Thought the buck stops with President, but he knew zip,

nada, nil, clueless on all counts. I'm getting an ulcer.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. CIC not needed anymore. Whisky Pete in charge

[True Blue American]

10. You have to understand

Trump is really not aware of what is going on.
They are propping him up at desks, letting him sign daily EO’s that mean nothing. Letting others make the speeches.
While he sits there.

This is the exact same thing the Trumps did to Fred. Dress him, drive him to the office every day signing useless papers while Mary Anne and Donald created fake companies to steal his money.
Same thing.

[returnee]

12. Thought so too.

The president out of the loop? Struck me as weird that Stephen Miller conveyed to the the chat group that “as far as [he knew]”the president had given the green light.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. I have to believe that someone from one of the DOGE teams was monitoring/eavesdropping on the entire group. MuskRats

satellites are handling all TrumpenFuhrerer's digital comms aren't they???