{"id":2416365,"date":"2025-03-27T08:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-smashes-war-plans-lie-in-less-than-30-seconds-with-expert-level-testimony\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:46:16","slug":"watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-myth-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-myth-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Gabbard Debunks &#8216;War Plans&#8217; Myth in Under 30 Seconds with Expert Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-myth-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2416365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses the so-called &#8220;Signalgate,&#8221; a controversy stemming from an incident reported in *The Atlantic* where author jeffrey Goldberg accidentally received a text message containing discussions about military actions involving the Trump administration. The piece highlights the rapid emergence and disappearance of this scandal, comparing it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-falsehood-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony-2\/\" title=\"Watch: ... Debunks &#039;...&#039; Falsehood in Under 30 Seconds with Expert Testimony\">mild food poisoning<\/a>, as it lost traction within 48 hours. Key figures involved include National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. <\/p>\n<p>Critics, including Tulsi Gabbard, pointed out that the Signal chat did not contain any specific classified details about military strategies, which undermined the severity of the situation that some suggested met the &#8220;-gate&#8221; standard. This exchange led to a political uproar, yet as time passed, remarks from involved parties indicated a departure from the initial alarm, prompting assertions that the information discussed was not sensitive enough to warrant the scandal label. ultimately, the piece conveys skepticism about the legitimacy of the controversy and the motives behind its coverage, suggesting that the claims of a significant breach where exaggerated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not sure Signalgate even deserves the suffix &ldquo;-gate,&rdquo; inasmuch as the scandal was revealed in an article in The Atlantic on Monday, and by Wednesday, pretty much everyone was searching for new angles on it.<\/p>\n<p>Anything that peters out in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">48 hours definitionally shouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t deserve invoking the spiritual connection to Watergate; I&rsquo;ve had cases of mild food poisoning that have lasted longer than this, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jasmine-crockett-says-knows-dod-allegedly-leaked-war-info-journalist-not-enough-black-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signalgate<\/a> bears a striking metaphorical similarity to those periods of malady inasmuch as both were neither 1) good nor 2) anywhere near fatal.<\/p>\n<p>So, in case you&rsquo;ve been away at a hermitage since Sunday and are just emerging from your monastic retreat: On Monday, author Jeffrey Goldberg&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/03\/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans\/682151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> &ldquo;The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans&rdquo; was published in The Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>As I&rsquo;ve stated before, the story is basically in the title, but TL;DR: Through some sort of zany mishap, Goldberg &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-media-failures-prove-trump-hit-pieces-arent-working-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted critic of President Donald Trump and his administration<\/a> &mdash; was added by accident to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-falsehood-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony\/\" title=\"Watch: ... Debunks &#039;...&#039; Falsehood in Under 30 Seconds with Expert Testimony\">small group chat discussing<\/a> the details of an unfolding strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>The group not only included National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who apparently invited Goldberg, but also Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other high-ranking officials.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>By Monday afternoon, pretty much everyone was calling for professional heads to roll, particularly Waltz&rsquo;s and possibly Hegseth&rsquo;s. Hegseth himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/24\/hegseth-trump-atlantic-yemen-houthis-text-war-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &ldquo;Nobody was texting war plans. And that&rsquo;s all I have to say about that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/intel-officials-caught-attempting-undermine-dni-tulsi-gabbard-within-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> &mdash; also in on the chat &mdash; appeared in front of the House Intelligence Committee, where she pointed out in a dialogue with Rep. Greg Steube of Florida why this wasn&rsquo;t the scandal Goldberg made it out to be:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Were there any sources described in the Signal chat?&rdquo; Steube asked Gabbard.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, congressman,&rdquo; she responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Were there any methods described in the Signal chat?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No,&rdquo; she responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Were there any locations?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No,&rdquo; she responded, again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Therefore, due to the fact that there were no sources, no methods, no locations described in the Signal chat, it does not make the discussion classified, is that correct?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is up to the secretary of Defense&rsquo;s determination,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gabbard-moves-speed-light-fires-officials-perverse-trans-chatrooms-gives-extra-parting-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabbard<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrats are obviously making the assertions that what was in the Signal chat was classified and claiming that Secretary Hegseth put this &lsquo;war plan&rsquo; out to the world &mdash; which he clearly did not. Were there any names in the Signal chat?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No, obviously. No targets, no locations, no unit names, no unit locations, no routes, nothing like that:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrgRmDMvC1A?si=zDPuC2basgHPbffO&amp;start=8966\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Wouldn&rsquo;t an operational plan contain that type of information?&rdquo; Steube asked after this litany of &ldquo;nos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every operational plan I&rsquo;ve ever seen has contained that information,&rdquo; Gabbard said.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Gabbard is a veteran who was deployed to Iraq, as well as a congresswoman who served on the House Armed Services Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Homeland Security Committee &mdash; as well as the Director of National Intelligence &mdash; I would hope that she would know what an operational plan looks like for &ldquo;war plans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Jeffrey Goldberg and his editors at The Atlantic realized this, too, since they began changing their verbiage when they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/03\/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg\/682176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-immediately-goes-offensive-atlantic-releases-full-signal-chat-another-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal chat<\/a> on Wednesday: &ldquo;Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump&rsquo;s Advisers d on Signal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notice the slight shift? White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt certainly did.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Leavitt: Why did they downgrade their allegation about war plans to attack plans. They are now playing word games <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9khv7JLTMt\">pic.twitter.com\/9khv7JLTMt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1904948121072971880?\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I cannot reiterate enough that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-flip-fox-host-tells-blunt-truth-texts-accidentally-d-atlantic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isn&rsquo;t saying what happened was good or desirable<\/a>, or even minor. But the kind of thing that merits a &ldquo;-gate&rdquo; designation? Hardly.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, unless Goldberg and Co. have something in reserve here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/associated-press-forced-delete-article-getting-caught-pushing-lie-tulsi-gabbard-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabbard&rsquo;s<\/a> series of &ldquo;nos&rdquo; should put this pseudo-event to rest. The original setup was dishonest, the faux outrage was dishonest, and even the publication responsible for unleashing the &ldquo;scandal&rdquo; is now revising its verbiage on what exactly it has. That should tell you everything you need to know about the sensitivity of the information The Atlantic was privy to.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Any issue that fizzles out within 48 hours clearly doesn&#8217;t merit a comparison to Watergate; I&#8217;ve experienced mild food poisoning that lasted longer than this situation. Signalgate is metaphorically similar to those brief illnesses since neither was particularly significant or dangerous. In case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock since Sunday: On Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg&#8217;s article titled &#8220;The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans&#8221; was published in The Atlantic. As I mentioned earlier, the story is essentially summarized in its title; however, to condense it: due to an unusual error, Goldberg\u2014who is known for his criticism of President Donald Trump\u2014was mistakenly added to a small group chat discussing plans for an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. This chat included National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (who apparently invited Goldberg), Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and other senior officials.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday afternoon, there were widespread calls for accountability from various officials involved\u2014especially targeting Waltz and possibly Hegseth as well. Hegseth himself stated emphatically that \u201cNobody was texting war plans,\u201d adding nothing further on the matter. On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard\u2014also part of the chat\u2014testified before the House Intelligence Committee where she clarified during her exchange with Rep. Greg Steube from Florida why this incident wasn&#8217;t as scandalous as Goldberg suggested: Steube asked Gabbard if any sources were mentioned in the Signal chat; she replied no. He continued asking about methods and locations with similar responses from her affirming there were none discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard noted that whether or not this discussion should be classified depends on the Secretary of Defense&#8217;s judgment but emphasized that Democrats are incorrectly asserting that what transpired constituted classified information when it clearly did not include any specific names or operational details typically found in actual military plans.<\/p>\n<p>Given Gabbard\u2019s extensive experience\u2014including her service as a veteran deployed to Iraq and roles on several congressional committees related to defense\u2014it\u2019s reasonable to expect she understands what constitutes operational planning for military actions like \u201cwar plans.\u201d Perhaps Jeffrey Goldberg and his team at The Atlantic recognized this too because they adjusted their language when they released the full Signal chat later: changing their phrasing from \u201cwar plans\u201d to \u201cattack plans.\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt certainly noticed this shift.<\/p>\n<p>I want to stress again that I&#8217;m not suggesting what occurred was acceptable or trivial; however, labeling it with a &#8220;-gate&#8221; designation seems excessive at best. Unless Goldberg has more substantial evidence hidden away somewhere else regarding this incident\u2014which seems unlikely given Gabbard&#8217;s clear responses\u2014the series of denials should effectively put an end to this so-called scandal. 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