We haven't forgotten Signalgate.
Now there there are daily news items --further instances of dangerous incompetence and irresponsibility-- which show that Peter Hegseth is unfit to remain in office.
Leaks.
More security breaches.
Shedding staff.
Sharing signal chats about attack plans with his wife, his attorney and others.
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Some of those people said that the information Mr. Hegseth shared on the Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-
18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen - essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separate Signal chat the same day that mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic
Mr. Hegseth's wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, is not a Defense Department employee."
Per Politico:
The changes [ie the staff losses] will leave Hegseth without a chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, or senior adviser in his front office...'There is a complete meltdown in the building, and this is really reflecting on the secretary’s leadership."
Leaks in recent weeks, apart from Signalgate, are numerous and disturbing: they include the disclosure of (hypothetical?) military plans for the Panama Canal, U.S. carrier movement in the Middle East, the halting of intelligence gathering on behalf of Ukraine, and a briefing at the Pentagon with Elon Musk.
It's clear that our troops and our national security are endangered by this apparent culture of disregard for rules about classified information.
Hegseth is unfit for the grave responsibility of any post at the Pentagon.
Our national defense is not a TV show.
Many people warned Congress that Hegseth lacked appropriate credentials, experience, and reputation for personal integrity. Thousands of constituents asked the senate not to confirm him.
Please ensure that you and your colleagues take such advice seriously in the future. Advise and consent does not mean to stop rational thought; it does not mean to put the president's whims before the safety of our armed forces and national security--- as Congress so shockingly did with this and other appointments.
Do your job, please.
Oversight, hearings, investigations, impeachment.
Please take our national security and the safety of our armed forces seriously.
I should not even have to ask this: I am as appalled by Congressional inaction as I am by the grave implications of this chaos around Hegseth at the Pentagon.
Action now please.
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