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Director of National #Intelligence #TulsiGabbard, #FBI Director #KashPatel & #CIA Director #JohnRatcliffe are testifying before the #House Intelligence Cmte again Wed amid fallout over senior #Trump national officials sharing messages about a #military strike over an unsecured group chat w/ #TheAtlantic’s #JeffreyGoldberg.

#Gabbard addressed the #Signal fiasco in opening remarks, referring to #Waltz’s previous comments & noting that he has “taken full responsibility.”

conservative redditors are absolutely outraged about #SignalGate. i was surprised by this, but also encouraged.

from the comments it looks like a lot of them actually worked in national security in some capacity and know that they would have been immediately fired for something like this so it's irking them that hegseth, tulsi, etc. are treading it like no big deal.

reddit.com/r/Conservative/comm

#SignalGate: this long-ish supercut of america's clown car of intelligence officials saying "i can't recall" or "i'm not going to answer that" or "that's under review" is a fun time.

#TulsiGabbard looks *way* out of her depth. She's also the biggest offender as far as refusing to answer even the most basic questions (e.g. her answer to "were you on your personal phone or your state issued phone?" is "that's under review")

youtube.com/watch?v=YOrgYaa9EH

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The list of measures purpose-built to cleave off a domain in which the #law does not apply grows by the day: the #pardons that bless & invite #insurrectionary #violence; the #purges of career lawyers at the #DOJ & #SDNY, #InspectorsGeneral across the govt, & snr #FBI agents; the AG’s command that attys obey #Trump over their understanding of the #Constitution; the appointment of people such as #KashPatel & #DanBongino, who…view loyalty to Trump as more compelling than their constitutional oath;

“Asking”

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Some House Democrats ask #Trump to remove #KashPatel from Patel's 2nd position as acting director of ATF

"It is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director"

#KashPatel, FBI director, pushing ahead w plan to decentralize the agency’s command structure & divide bureau into 3 regions

The move will mean that in effect, the top agents in 52 field offices around the country will no longer answer to the deputy director, a signif departure from the way the bureau has done business”
nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/poli

The swift decision to alter the hierarchy of the F.B.I. comes just weeks after Mr. Patel was confirmed and raises questions about the thoroughness of the plans.
The New York Times · Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.By Adam Goldman