Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat

Re:Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal... by leereeves on Monday April 21, 2025 @10:03AM (#43752141)

> Really going hard on the Wilhoit, huh?

I guess that's a reference to some fictional "Wilhoit's Law", right? I had to look it up. Turns out it's just a partisan Internet snipe from a classical music composer originally posted in the comments on a blog[1].

That sums up the case against Hegseth nicely. Just a partisan attack without substance, sustained only by ignorance.

1: https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservative...

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Re:Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal... by maxerickson on Monday April 21, 2025 @12:13PM (#43753609)

I don't think it's ignorant to think you are extending him an awful lot of grace.

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Re:Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal... by leereeves on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:49PM (#43757360)

I've just seen all this - nepotism, classified info outside government channels, the occasional mistake - often enough to recognize that people only get outraged about it when "the other side" does it.

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Re:Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal... by piva00 on Monday April 21, 2025 @10:42AM (#43752555)

Without substance? Using chats without double checking who are members of the chat group is a thing not even I do when sharing some gossip, lol. That's blatant incompetence, a person responsible for the USA defence cannot be bothered to cross the members list of a group chat before sharing extremely sensitive information.

And now he's adding his family into the mix?

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