#signalgate

#signalgate

Bradley gave the go-ahead to launch a second strike on September 2 that killed two survivors hanging on to the wreckage of an already demolished boat, according to the White House. Targeting shipwrecked survivors is against the military's Law of War Manual, and some legal observers have gone as far as to call it a "war crime."

A report by the Pentagon's acting inspector general says he risked endangering troops when he sent messages containing classified information about strikes in Yemen to a social media chat group last spring, in the scandal dubbed Signalgate. Meanwhile, the secretary is under scrutiny for a potential war crime in the double attack on an alleged drug-running boat in the Caribbean, in which the follow-up strike killed two survivors of the first attack.

And now, in what may be his most career-defining moment yet, Hegseth is confronting questions about the use of military force and demands he release the videotapes after a special operations team reportedly attacked survivors of a strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela. Some lawmakers and legal experts say the second strike would have violated the laws of armed conflict.

I've been really disappointed, Booker began as he addressed Waltz: I've heard you just blame Biden. I've seen you not only fail to stand up, but lie.

Waltz created the 'Houthi PC Small Group' chat and added top Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, revealing serious breaches of government operational security protocols.

Pentagon communications have been in meltdown mode, according to ex-spokesperson John Ullyot, who called the Signalgate response "horrible."

Blankenship testified that when he came to take a copy of the group chat on Director Ratcliffe's phone, the only remnant of the Signalgate chatter was the group name and profile names.