{"id":2416380,"date":"2025-03-27T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-smashes-war-plans-lie-in-less-than-30-seconds-with-expert-level-testimony\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:46:11","slug":"watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-falsehood-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gabbard-debunks-war-plans-falsehood-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Gabbard Debunks &#8216;War Plans&#8217; Falsehood 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-falsehood-in-under-30-seconds-with-expert-testimony-3%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=2416380&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 recent controversy termed &#8220;Signalgate,&#8221; sparked by a report from The Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg. The piece revealed that Goldberg had unintentionally been added too a group chat with high-ranking officials, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Vice President J.D. Vance, where they discussed military actions against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The initial framing of the situation suggested that sensitive &#8220;war plans&#8221; had been leaked, leading to calls for accountability, particularly directed at Waltz and Defense Secretary pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the situation evolved, it became clear that the group chat contained none of the critical details one would expect in an operational plan, such as sources, methods, or specific locations.Tulsi Gabbard, a participant in the chat, clarified this during a House Intelligence Committee hearing, emphasizing that the chat did not contain classified facts.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the initial outrage, critics argue that the escalating scandal is disproportionate, with many suggesting that &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; lacks the substance typically associated with a true scandal. The piece concludes by pointing out that even The Atlantic revised its own language from &#8220;war plans&#8221; to &#8220;attack plans,&#8221; indicating a shift in the perceived severity of the situation. The author urges that this incident should not be treated as a notable scandal, as no sensitive military information was actually compromised.  <\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffrey-goldberg-says-hegseth-lied-in-dismissing-intelligence-leak-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... says ... lied in dismissing intelligence leak - Washington Examiner\">texting war plans<\/a>. 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;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollahs-new-chief-says-war-plan-wont-change-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hezbollah&#039;s new chief says &#039;war plan&#039; won&#039;t change - Washington Examiner\">war plan&#038;rsquo<\/a>; 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. 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Any issue that fizzles out within 48 hours shouldn&#8217;t be linked to Watergate; I&#8217;ve experienced mild food poisoning that lasted longer than this situation, which shares a metaphorical resemblance to those brief illnesses\u2014neither significant nor life-threatening. In case you&#8217;ve been secluded 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\u2014a known critic of President Trump\u2014was mistakenly added to a small group chat discussing plans for a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen. This chat included National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (who seemingly 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\u2014especially targeting Waltz and possibly Hegseth. 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 appeared before the House Intelligence Committee and explained during her exchange with Rep. Greg Steube why this incident wasn&#8217;t as scandalous as Goldberg suggested: Steube asked if any sources were mentioned in the Signal chat; Gabbard replied no. He continued asking about methods or locations discussed; again she answered no each time. He concluded by asking if this meant their discussion wasn\u2019t classified due to lacking sensitive information\u2014and she affirmed it depended on the Defense Secretary\u2019s judgment but noted Democrats&#8217; claims about classified content were unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard emphasized there were no names or operational details shared within the chat\u2014elements typically found in actual operational plans\u2014which she would know well given her background as a veteran and her roles on various congressional committees related to defense and security.<\/p>\n<p>It seems even The Atlantic recognized this discrepancy when they altered their language while publishing the full Signal chat later on Wednesday from \u201cwar plans\u201d to \u201cattack plans.\u201d White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed out this shift as an attempt at wordplay.<\/p>\n<p>I want to stress that I&#8217;m not suggesting what occurred was acceptable or trivial\u2014but labeling it with a &#8220;-gate&#8221;? Definitely not warranted. Unless Goldberg has more substantial evidence hidden away somewhere, Gabbard&#8217;s responses should effectively close this non-event chapter. 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