# The specific clusterfuck of discussing war plans over Signal, a consumer cellphone app

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**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157 "2025-03-26T21:01:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-specific-clusterfuck-of-discussing-war-plans-over-signal-a-consumer-cellphone-app/1016157/2 "2025-03-24T16:44:08Z")

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> **[Shane Harris (@shaneharris.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/shaneharris.bsky.social/post/3ll55gxd6ls2e)**
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> In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic....

This is absolutely INSANE. These people are morons.

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