We must rely on Congress for safety
Our National Security Council members are the “best people” who stupidly shared highly sensitive details of an imminent U.S. military attack on group Signal chats, including family members and a surprised Atlantic editor-in-chief.
Following their infamous Signal chat, Tulsi Gabbard and partying Fox News host-turned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were easy targets for data theft; their private data passwords were found online.
Director of National Intelligence Gabbard testified to the House Intelligence Committee her intelligence showed Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon, so she was excluded from the intelligence briefing to Congress, which offered scant information after the U.S. attacks in Iran.
Kristi Noem, our Department of Homeland Security Advisor, won’t hesitate to shoot a misbehaving dog, but she can’t even keep her Gucci purse secure in a D.C. restaurant. Lucky for us the purse thief had no interest in her DHS access card, passport or makeup bag, he likely expected to find a gun and lots of cash.
Remember when a fawning President Trump shared classified Israeli intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office? Then our kowtowing president wrote love letters to Kim Jong Un and crossed into North Korea to shake hands with the despot.
Like many big words, our president doesn’t know the meaning of obliterated. Iran and Russia thumb their noses at us; our blustering “no new wars” president suggests a Defense Department name change to the War Department.
Our National Security Council members are unqualified for the job of advising our self-centered and increasingly unhinged president and he’s too busy golfing and dismantling our democratic rights to address the real threats against our nation.
Who will keep us safe? Congress must step up and do their job in keeping us protected and secure.
Jane Cox
Wheaton