The review also will “review compliance with classification & records retention requirements,” Stebbins wrote. He requested that the #Defense Dept designate 2 points of contact within 5 days, with work done both in Washington & at the headquarters of US Central Command in Tampa, Florida.
Steven Stebbins, the #Pentagon’s acting #IG, said in a memo to #SecDef #PeteHegseth & Dpty #DOD Secy Steve Feinberg that the review will “determine the extent to which the Secretary of #Defense & other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies & procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business.”
The #Defense Dept inspector general’s office said Thurs that it will scrutinize top #Trump admin officials’ use of #Signal, an unclassified messaging app to coordinate a highly sensitive #military operation last month in Yemen, complying with a request from #Republicans & #Democrats in #Congress.
#Trump #NationalSecurity #OpSec #SignalGate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/trump-signal-chat-inspector-general/
#NationalSecurity #LauraLoomer
Just complete insanity! 
Trump fires at least 3 national security aides following a meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer
"Loomer met with Trump and other top White House officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the meeting told NBC News."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-told-trump-fire-national-security-team-rcna199518
A federal Judge Denise Cote in NY rejected the #Trump admin’s effort to dismiss lawsuit alleging #DOGE directed a massive breach of #OPM data affecting millions of people.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.72.0.pdf
Police Across the Country Are on High Alert Over Tesla Protests
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/police-across-the-country-are-on-high-alert-over-tesla-protests/
of course #Trump listened to the #FarRight #radical promoting #ConspiracyTheories
Trump fired at least 3 senior #NationalSecurity Council [#NSC] officials at the urging of the #extremist & conspiracist #LauraLoomer, according to a US official w/direct knowledge of the matter. The dismissals came a day after she met him in the Oval Office with a list of administration personnel she deemed #disloyal to him.
#USpol #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html?smid=url-share
#nationalsecurity officials are being fired due to their being insufficiently loyal, and not because of the glaring incompetence shown in the signalgate scandal? The incompetent but loyal are remaining in their positions.
We are in the dumbest and most fascist timeline
'Several members of the National Security Council have been fired, including senior directors.
This comes a day after Laura Loomer met with President Trump in the Oval Office to question and attack the loyalty of some members of the NSC. We do not yet know if the firings are directly connected to Loomer.
The firings are being billed as an anti-NeoCon move."
#NationalSecurity #Coup #Trump #USPol
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-laura-loomer-fire-national-security-council
Importance Score: 82 / 100
White House Shake-Up: Trump Reportedly Fires National Security Council Staff After Loomer Meeting
In a significant development at the White Hou...
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The meeting came after a recent string of social media attacks by Loomer on #Trump administration officials, including Alex Wong, the dpty #NationalSecurity adviser. Wong’s boss, #MikeWaltz, has been under fire…for more than a week after…[his #Signal Houthi PC group chat was exposed].
…But Loomer…questioned Wong’s loyalty to the admin because his wife worked as a #DOJ lawyer during the #Biden & #Obama admins, & because her father had been a large shareholder in a Chinese satellite maker.
Loomer walked into the WH with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character & loyalty of numerous #NSC ofcls. She proceeded to excoriate them in front of their boss, the #NationalSecurity adviser #MikeWaltz, who was also in the meeting.
Loomer’s rhetoric & actions have been so #extreme that she has alienated others even on the #FarRight. She has shared a #ConspiracyTheory on social media calling the Sept 11th 2001, terrorist attacks an “inside job.”
The fact that she was even there or that he takes her advice is embarrassing. She also misses the point entirely.
#LauraLoomer, the #FarRight activist & promoter of #ConspiracyTheories, met on Wed w/ #Trump in the Oval Office, where she pressed for him to fire #NationalSecurity Council staff members whom she deemed “disloyal” to him, acc/to 7 people….
Trump may act on some of Loomer’s recommendations, two of the people said.
#USpol #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B7B56FFF-F4F7-407C-9E4E-037EB0DB700C
Today’s reminder that nobody from signalgate has been charged for their violations of the Espionage Act. Don’t let this go quietly. 
#USJusticeDepartment #EspionageAct #PeteHegeth #SignalChat #NationalSecurity
#Trump imposed the #tariffs in an EO that cited the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, a Cold War-era #law that has most often been used to impose #sanctions on rogue states & human rights violators. His admin claimed that unchecked #DrugTrafficking from #Canada constituted a dire threat to #NationalSecurity & used it as justification to unilaterally impose 25% tariffs on America’s closest trading partner.
[IOW — BS]
Reports reveal U.S. officials, including national security advisor Michael Waltz, reportedly used personal Gmail accounts for official business. This raises serious security concerns as sensitive military info was shared. #NationalSecurity #DataPrivacy #GmailSecurity https://ift.tt/KAEnj17 #byAI
Importance Score: 68 / 100 » Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work – report -
Trump Security Aide's Team Uses Signal App for Sensitive National Security Discussions
Aides to former President Donal...
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Today’s reminder that nobody from signalgate has been charged for their violations of the Espionage Act. Don’t let this go quietly.
#USJusticeDepartment #EspionageAct #PeteHegeth #SignalChat #NationalSecurity
US
Amazon Bids for TikTok as Ban Deadline Nears
Amazon makes surprise offer days before April 5 U.S. ban deadline.
White House seeks Chinese ownership under 20%; ByteDance pressured to divest.
Other bidders include Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, and Blackstone.
Critics say Amazon’s bid isn’t being taken seriously in current talks.
#Amazon’s bid highlights the 11th-hour maneuvering in Washington over #TikTok’s ownership. Policymakers in both parties have expressed deep #NationalSecurity concerns over the app’s Chinese ownership, & passed a #law last year to force a sale of TikTok that was set to take effect in Jan.
