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Austin’s Daily Commentary – Textgate Report and the Department of Defense

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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 27: A light shines on the seal of the Department of Defense during a briefing at the Pentagon, September 27, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. Today was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace's last official day as Joint Chief Chairman. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Austin talks about the Textgate report and critics have the entire Department of Defense up on charges of treason and other things.

Austin: So the Textgate report is less than twenty-four hours old. And already, the critics of the Trump administration have the entire Department of Defense up on charges of treason and, all types of other things because they supposedly illegally or improperly used the signal chat application for a highly classified military conversation.

Oh, by the way, someone inadvertently, supposedly Mike Waltz, the national security adviser, included a journalist, accidentally again on the text thread. So this individual got to sit for three days and eavesdrop on classified conversations waiting for something newsworthy to actually be dropped. There are so many things to unwrap in all this.

First of all, keep in mind, these are government-issued phones. These are not personal cell phones from what I’m understanding so far. Whatever apps are on these phones were put there by the government. One would assume that they are secure given that they are government-issued cell phones. Now how do I know this?

I know several people that work in the administration, and they’re using government-issued phones that answer to their old numbers. In other words, their old cell phone numbers, when you call them, still ring into these newfangled phones. Still, the communications are supposed to be secure. They’re supposed to be hackproof, and one would assume that any hardware loaded on those phones would be okay to use. Just stand by before all the condemnation and criticism comes out on this.

There’s there are other sides to this story. It is a bad look for the Department of Defense, and the Trump administration needs to get on top of this and get to the bottom of it quickly. But it’s not all gloom and doom like some folks would have you believe. In the meantime, if they are found to be guilty of willfully, using their equipment incorrectly and breaking government rules, That puts them squarely in the same category as Hillary Clinton, her emails. What happened to her?

Mhmm. Okay. Stay tuned. Lots more to come on this. And that’s the comment. I’m Austin Rhodes. 95.1 FM News Talk, WGAC.

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