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LetMyPeopleVote

(161,522 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:13 AM Mar 26

Elon Musk's DOGE reviewing Signal group chat incident: White House official

I am not sure why the trumpies made this announcement and exactly what the Doge muskrats are going to do here. Why is Doge reviewing this matter? Does anyone care what Musk or his muskrats think on this issue ?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-second-term/?id=120087352&entryId=120158044&cid=social_twitter_abcn

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team are reviewing how The Atlantic editor was added to a Signal group chat where plans for a U.S. military attack in Yemen were discussed, a senior White House official confirmed to ABC News.

In his interview with Fox News Tuesday night, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz alluded to Musk's involvement, saying, "I just talked to Elon on the way here -- we have the best technical minds looking at how this happened."

The White House official confirmed to ABC News that DOGE is involved and that the team is working with other teams to make communications "more secure and efficient."

Additionally, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News Tuesday evening that "Elon Musk's team of experts is looking at this, and the National Security Council is all digging into this matter to ensure this could never happen again."

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Elon Musk's DOGE reviewing Signal group chat incident: White House official (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Mar 26 OP

why does Elon get to put his ignorant finger into every thing? Demovictory9 Mar 26 #1

I thought secure government procedures were already set up for this purpose??? imaginary girl Mar 26 #2

" digging into this matter to ensure this could never happen again." Mountainguy Mar 26 #3

They mean getting caught lame54 Mar 26 #4

I feel better now that Muck is cking on it. leftyladyfrommo Mar 26 #5

They have gone from no leaks to relying on Elon LetMyPeopleVote Mar 26 #6

Y'all could insure it never happens again by firing everyone involved. sinkingfeeling Mar 26 #7

Leavitt confirms that Elon Musk's team is investigating SignalGate LetMyPeopleVote Mar 26 #8

Elon Musk's experts? "Hey, they know about computers, so they're experts?" haele Mar 26 #9

Unbrilliant ProfessorGAC Mar 26 #10

I'm sure they have proper clearances orangecrush Mar 26 #11

"The best technical minds" EndlessWire Mar 26 #12

White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap LetMyPeopleVote Mar 27 #13

Why not skip the review and release the agreed on verdict now? i.e.. Donald Trump is innocent. Ping Tung Mar 27 #14

Demovictory9

(35,301 posts)

1. why does Elon get to put his ignorant finger into every thing?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:18 AM

Mar 26

imaginary girl

(959 posts)

2. I thought secure government procedures were already set up for this purpose???

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Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:19 AM

Mar 26

Mountainguy

(1,702 posts)

3. " digging into this matter to ensure this could never happen again."

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:35 AM

Mar 26

ummmmm......

I'm not an expert on encrypted/secure communications, but my first thought would be don't use 3rd party platforms that you downloaded on the app store for discussing Top Secret and/or compartmentalized information.

lame54

(37,792 posts)

4. They mean getting caught

Reply to Mountainguy (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 04:30 AM

Mar 26

leftyladyfrommo

(19,667 posts)

5. I feel better now that Muck is cking on it.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 07:00 AM

Mar 26

Was it an accident? Or was it a leaker?
I'm going with leaker given who it was accidently sent to.

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,522 posts)

6. They have gone from no leaks to relying on Elon

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 07:26 AM

Mar 26

Link to tweet

sinkingfeeling

(54,999 posts)

7. Y'all could insure it never happens again by firing everyone involved.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 10:39 AM

Mar 26

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,522 posts)

8. Leavitt confirms that Elon Musk's team is investigating SignalGate

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:41 PM

Mar 26

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llccy6qtxv2q

Link to tweet

haele

(14,112 posts)

9. Elon Musk's experts? "Hey, they know about computers, so they're experts?"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:49 PM

Mar 26

Does he have any Cybersecurity certified or qualified experts?
Or does he just has script-kiddies and hack coders for hire and call them experts?

ProfessorGAC

(72,268 posts)

10. Unbrilliant

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:52 PM

Mar 26

They're less qualified to do this than they already were for their current nonsense.

orangecrush

(24,106 posts)

11. I'm sure they have proper clearances

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 02:59 PM

Mar 26

EndlessWire

(7,708 posts)

12. "The best technical minds"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 03:10 PM

Mar 26

I'm less than impressed with them. They didn't know about COBOL. Maybe they're good at being gamers, but not at government stuff. It seems like whatever mistakes they make don't matter, because they are here to destroy our government, anyway.

So, how does President Musk punish the offending act involving ALL of that committee? My guess is they declare it "inconsequential," or just never quite get to the bottom of it. In any event, we see who is really in charge. I think trump is 25A material now. I would rather deal with Vance sending his wife to pressure Greenland than with trump.

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,522 posts)

13. White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:17 AM

Mar 27

What exactly is Musk going to do here? The tech support tee shirt is not going to help
https://bsky.app/profile/stefsvoice.bsky.social/post/3llcgqv5vac2o

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5215547-white-house-asks-musk-investigate-signal/

The White House has asked Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help investigate how a journalist was included on a Signal chat with national security officials.

“The National Security Council, the White House Counsel’s Office, and also yes, Elon Musk’s team,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when asked who was leading an investigation into the Signal mishap.

“Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat, again to take responsibility and ensure this can never happen again,” she added.

National security adviser Mike Waltz, who apparently added The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg into the chat, told Fox News on Tuesday night that he spoke with Musk and said his “best technical minds” are looking into how Goldberg’s number got into his phone.

Musk, who is a top adviser to Trump, has been tasked with finding waste and abuse in the federal government and DOGE has been behind overhauls and staff cuts at various agencies.

The Tesla CEO wore a shirt that said “tech support” to a Cabinet meeting last month and wore the same title on his shirt for a meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill earlier this month.

Ping Tung

(2,056 posts)

14. Why not skip the review and release the agreed on verdict now? i.e.. Donald Trump is innocent.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 11:31 AM

Mar 27

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