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Henry E (Hank) Scott's avatar

A great list of very important questions!

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Richard J. Tofel's avatar

The Atlantic has just published the full chat, redacting only the CIA’s chief of staff (at CIA’s request).

Good call by the Atlantic. And the most secret stuff here may actually be the real-time intelligence on bomb damage assessment. Horrifying that our government was bandying this about on Signal.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/

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Susan C.'s avatar

Is there anyone out there willing to ask these questions?

I was just at a focus group for a Massachusetts news outlet. Mass is one of the few states with a governor not agreeing with the administration. It's a lifeboat for democracy. Yet the new Editor is focused on newsletter product details.

I really don't get it. I think our country is losing democratic safeguards every day. Once autocracy takes hold, suppression doesn't just disappear. Losses of freedom can be permanent. Do people, and especially newspeople, not understand this?

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Laurie Hays's avatar

great questions.

Adding: What is the protocol for declaring "CopSec"? Does that term precede all classified exchanges? Who makes that determination? Is Signal a technology that qualifies for "CopSec"?

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Laurie Hays's avatar

great questions.

Adding: What is the protocol for declaring "OPSEC"? Does that term precede all classified exchanges? Who makes that determination? Is Signal a technology that qualifies for "OPSEC"?

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