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Judge orders government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike (www.npr.org)

submitted 8 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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A nonprofit watchdog, American Oversight, requested the order. A government attorney said the administration already was taking steps to collect and save the messages.

On the chat, Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop before the attacks against Yemen's Houthis began earlier this month. Hegseth laid out when a "strike window" would open, where a "target terrorist" was located and when weapons and aircraft would be used.

The images of the text chain posted by The Atlantic show that the messages were set to disappear in one week.

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[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if this will be the first instance of emojis being submitted for government communication preservation.

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Nah, I've litigated against the government before. Lots of emails and IM systems (including Lync or Skype for Business, before Teams took over) have lots of casual communications between government employees. Think the "Brian's Hat" sketch from I Think You Should Leave.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

That's a good point, do they have to include a definition of what the emoji probably stands for? We're living in a weird time.