> "The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, has recommended that “highly valued targets” — senior officials who handle sensitive information — use encryption apps [like Signal] for confidential communications. Those communications are not typically releasable under public record laws."

The same memo where they made that recommendation also said: "Unmanaged 'messaging apps,' including any app with a chat feature, regardless of the primary function, are NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoD information. This includes but is not limited to messaging, gaming, and social media apps. (i.e., iMessage, WhatsApps, Signal). "

Even after that, they were again explicitly warned not to use Signal for anything sensitive:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nsa-signal-app-vulnerabilities-...

You are taking this recommendation completely out of context. This is a recommendation for confidential communications, not releasable under public record laws.

But neither of those applies for the Signal chat in question. That was not confidential communication, it was top secret active military data. And, like any other military-related decision, it was very much in the category of information that must be recorded and was going to eventually be releasable under public record laws, as soon as its confidential nature expired, 50+ years from now most likely.

In the way a pilot might misclick one time on a popup and crash a plane, yes. Except that never happens, because pilots know better than to use systems where a single misclick can mean a crash, which is much more than we can say about the top tiers of the US government.

Let's not condemn the top tiers of the US government based on the top tiers of the current administration.

Eastern Air Lines flight 401 crashed because the pilot accidentally changed the autopilot setting while diagnosing a separate problem.

Of course, the more fundamental reason was that he wasn't looking at where the aeroplane was going, not even periodically.

And as a result, "crew resource training" is now mandatory for pilots, to try and prevent it happening again in the future.

Doesn't know how the phone works -- careless.

Clicks the button without knowing what impact it will have on a device he uses for national security communication -- reckless.

Uses a personal device -- careless and reckless.

Again: war plans should be on high side systems NOT Signal.

The main reason that government software is supposed to be used instead of signal is not that signal does not have good e2ee. It is to avoid fuck ups like adding a random, non-government person to a classified chat. An interface proper for this use would not allow such things to happen because one made a wrong click somewhere.

I'm not sure if I understood the details from the article, but there was also a previous mistake where Waltz added Goldberg's number as a contact number for Hughes. This was just iPhone doing its thing and syncing contacts I guess?

Man, the amount of people who will carry water for this admin astonishes me.

You couldn't even be bothered to read the sources you're quoting.

> That doesn't sound "extremely reckless negligent and careless". It sounds like he misclicked one time on an unexpected popup.

hwut? We're not talking about accidently texting your ex-girlfriend though I know people like you need to rely on false equivocations to sanewash the garbage.