CIA Director John Ratcliffe's phone reportedly contains virtually no data from the controversial Signalgate chat about a secret military operation. This finding emerged during a federal lawsuit filed by American Oversight, highlighting concerns about the preservation of federal records. After a judge ordered the retention of messages, CIA's chief data officer, Hurley Blankenship, testified that the only remnants left were basic group information. The chat's exposure occurred when journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added, revealing sensitive military plans shortly before they were executed, further complicating the accountability of government officials.
Blankenship testified that when he came to take a copy of the group chat on Director Ratcliffe's phone, the only remnant of the Signalgate chatter was the group name and profile names.
The Signalgate group came to light when The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly included in the March 11 discussion.
The independent watchdog claims Team Trump broke federal record-keeping rules by discussing military plans on the app and setting at least some of the messages to auto-delete.
Almost all the rest of the data, including the content of the messages, was missing.
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