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However, ... The government historically has only brought prosecutions under the Espionage Act or related provisions if there is evidence of deliberate intent to disseminate or mishandle classified information in an unauthorized way,
Bradley Moss, a national security attorney, told Axios.Zoom in ... Moss noted
The Federal Records Act requires federal officials to preserve communications related to official government business,
the nonprofit saidPresident Trump has assembled the best Cabinet and Administration in American history, and we continue to rack up wins while those who oppose America will continue to be losers of the highest order,
Cheung said
Defendants, as members of the Signal chat, know or reasonably should know that one or more messages in the Signal chat were or remain subject to automatic deletion in violation of the FRA and implementing rules and regulations of Defendants’ respective agencies,
the complaint saidWe may be forced to use it; you may be in a situation where you need speed instead of gross safety."
Trump said before notingThis reported disclosure of sensitive military information in a Signal group chat that included a journalist is a five-alarm fire for government accountability and potentially a crime. War planning doesn't belong in emoji-laden disappearing group chats. It belongs in secure facilities designed to safeguard national interests — something any responsible government official should have known."
The group's interim executive director Chioma Chukwu said
Any detail or fact about an operation, no matter how small, is going to be classified especially before the operation takes place,
said Chris Meagher, who was a senior official in the Defense Department during the Biden administration
This sloppiness, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies is entirely unacceptable, ... You need to do better.”
Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, said during the hearing, which had been scheduled weeks ago for the presentation of the annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment.”The Atlantic story is nothing more than a section of the NatSec establishment community running the same, tired gameplay from years past,
Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, posted on social media
I think it was very unfair the way they attacked Michael,
the president said of Mr. WaltzThe White House Counsel’s Office has provided guidance on a number of different platforms for President Trump’s top officials to communicate as safely and efficiently as possible,
she wrote on social media, without naming them
So this was not classified,
Mr. Trump said during a meeting with U.S. ambassadors at the White HouseThey’ve made a big deal out of this because we’ve had two perfect months,
he saidIt’s equipment and technology that’s not perfect,
he saidThis one in particular, I’ve never met, don’t know, never communicated with, ... we are
he said
Even if a person is in lawful possession of national defense information, putting it on Signal — which is not an approved, secure means of communicating such information — prosecutors could determine it was gross negligence, which is a felony,
Ms. McCord saidThis is something that would normally be investigated by the F.B.I. and D.O.J.,
said Mary McCord, a longtime senior official for the Justice Department who now teaches at the Georgetown University Law Center
Hillary Clinton actually committed a crime through her handling of classified documents and was preemptively exonerated — a two-tiered justice system,
Mr. Patel wrote in his book “Government Gangsters,” published in 2023If people in authority face no consequences when they break the rules, then they will break the rules. Worse, when people are encouraged to break the rules, they will break them again and again.”
In “Government Gangsters,” ... Mr. Patel wroteIt’s not really an F.B.I. thing.”
Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump appeared to acknowledge the inquiry underway by the National Security Council but quickly added