The article critiques the national security practices of President Trump's team, focusing on their use of Signal, a commercial app, for discussing sensitive military operations. The author questions the judgment of officials, notably why the national security adviser performed administrative tasks, and why sensitive matters were uncritically shared in a platform meant for secure communications. The situation reflects a deeper problem of recklessness and negligence, suggesting future crises may not be managed effectively given such lapses in protocol and procedure.
The first major military action of the new Trump administration unfolded in a negligent and unserious way, and that bodes ill for how it will handle far more complex national security contingencies.
Why was the national security adviser doing the tedious administrative work of setting up a chat group that should have been left to his special assistant?
The strikes against the Houthis were relatively straightforward...the decisions to be made were not complex by national security standards.
... it appears the national security team is approaching its decision-making recklessly.
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