DNI Tulsi Gabbard told a Congressional hearing that Signal comes “pre-installed” on government devices, hinting at a major shift following the Salt Typhoon hack
www.politico.com/news/2025/03... X: Aaron Rupar / @atrupar : Trump dismisses SignalGate: “I think it's all a witch hunt, that's all. I think it's a witch hunt.” [video] Aaron Rupar / @atrupar : Trump: “Hegseth is doing a great job. He had nothing to do this. How do you bring Hegseth into it? He had nothing to do with it. Look, it's all a witch hunt ... I think Signal could be defective to be honest with you.” [video] Alexa Henning / @alexahenning : This story is stupid. Widespread use started under Biden as the CIA Director testified yesterday, Signal was on his work device and desktop. At ODNI when I got my phone, it was pre-installed. The notion that “can you imagine if the Biden admin did this.” Yea, bc they did. Alayna Treene / @alaynatreene : .@PressSec says the National Security Council, the White House Counsel's Office, and Elon Musk's team will all look into the signal chain exchange & how reporter Jeffrey Goldberg was added to it “Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this,” she said Nick Schifrin / @nickschifrin : And @DNIGabbard says @signalapp is pre-installed on government phones, and “In December of 2024, @CISA stated, “we strongly urge highly targeted individuals to immediately review and apply best practices provided in the guidance to protect mobile communications, including Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove / @repkamlagerdove : Gabbard & Ratcliffe lied under oath yesterday. It's clear Hegseth shared attack plans via Signal. What else have they been discussing illegally? They should be fired—and the phones of everyone involved should be confiscated to identify any other secret chats they're hiding from [image] @rapidresponse47 : .@PressSec: “Signal has been an approved app for government use. It's an encrypted app... and as @POTUS said yesterday, he wishes that everybody could be in the room... but again, no classified information was discussed in this chat — and ANY time classified information is discussed amongst high-level officials across this administration, secure lines of communication are used.” @nowthisimpact : On March 25, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified under oath that she had no knowledge of classified communications being shared in a Signal group chat. Just one day later, journalist Jeffrey Goldberg — who was mistakenly added to the chat — published texts [video] @rapidresponse47 : .@DNIGabbard: “I want to address, briefly, the Signal chat issue... As the President and National Security Advisor stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared.” [video] @rapidresponse47 : .@PressSec: The President's view on all of this remains the same today as it did yesterday... He went directly to all of you, members of the press, and tackled this story... He has placed great trust in his national security team. As for Signal, this is an approved app. [video]
Trump: “Hegseth is doing a great job. He had nothing to do this. How do you bring Hegseth into it? He had nothing to do with it. Look, it's all a witch hunt ... I think Signal could be defective to be honest with you.” [video]
This story is stupid. Widespread use started under Biden as the CIA Director testified yesterday, Signal was on his work device and desktop. At ODNI when I got my phone, it was pre-installed. The notion that “can you imagine if the Biden admin did this.” Yea, bc they did.
.@PressSec says the National Security Council, the White House Counsel's Office, and Elon Musk's team will all look into the signal chain exchange & how reporter Jeffrey Goldberg was added to it “Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this,” she said
And @DNIGabbard says @signalapp is pre-installed on government phones, and “In December of 2024, @CISA stated, “we strongly urge highly targeted individuals to immediately review and apply best practices provided in the guidance to protect mobile communications, including
Gabbard & Ratcliffe lied under oath yesterday. It's clear Hegseth shared attack plans via Signal. What else have they been discussing illegally? They should be fired—and the phones of everyone involved should be confiscated to identify any other secret chats they're hiding from […
.@PressSec: “Signal has been an approved app for government use. It's an encrypted app... and as @POTUS said yesterday, he wishes that everybody could be in the room... but again, no classified information was discussed in this chat — and ANY time classified information is discu…
On March 25, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified under oath that she had no knowledge of classified communications being shared in a Signal group chat. Just one day later, journalist Jeffrey Goldberg — who was mistakenly added to the chat — published texts […
.@DNIGabbard: “I want to address, briefly, the Signal chat issue... As the President and National Security Advisor stated, no classified information was shared. There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared.” [video]
.@PressSec: The President's view on all of this remains the same today as it did yesterday... He went directly to all of you, members of the press, and tackled this story... He has placed great trust in his national security team. As for Signal, this is an approved app. [video]