Molly Ball

If it was a mistake and if it was Walt who did it, do we have any idea who he might have meant to put on there?

It was very interesting because, as you say, there were two days of hearings, and in between the first and second day, the Atlantic released the transcripts of the full text message exchange that showed just how detailed and sensitive the information being shared in this group chat was.

It was very interesting because, as you say, there were two days of hearings, and in between the first and second day, the Atlantic released the transcripts of the full text message exchange that showed just how detailed and sensitive the information being shared in this group chat was.

It was very interesting because, as you say, there were two days of hearings, and in between the first and second day, the Atlantic released the transcripts of the full text message exchange that showed just how detailed and sensitive the information being shared in this group chat was.

And so, you know, on the first day, the administration officials had said, oh, you know, I don't remember exactly what was in there. I couldn't tell you. It's not in front of me, et cetera. But then they came back and they were sort of confronted with it.

And so, you know, on the first day, the administration officials had said, oh, you know, I don't remember exactly what was in there. I couldn't tell you. It's not in front of me, et cetera. But then they came back and they were sort of confronted with it.

And so, you know, on the first day, the administration officials had said, oh, you know, I don't remember exactly what was in there. I couldn't tell you. It's not in front of me, et cetera. But then they came back and they were sort of confronted with it.

And particularly, you know, the Democrats on the committee were really pushing them to acknowledge that they were trying to cover something up and to account for the the discrepancies in the administration's explanations for all of this. And what we saw was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, saying, well, the things that I shared were not classified.

And particularly, you know, the Democrats on the committee were really pushing them to acknowledge that they were trying to cover something up and to account for the the discrepancies in the administration's explanations for all of this. And what we saw was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, saying, well, the things that I shared were not classified.

And particularly, you know, the Democrats on the committee were really pushing them to acknowledge that they were trying to cover something up and to account for the the discrepancies in the administration's explanations for all of this. And what we saw was Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, saying, well, the things that I shared were not classified.

And if you have concerns about these attack plans, you're going to have to ask the person who shared them, which was Pete Hegseth. And the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, also said, saying a version of this.

And if you have concerns about these attack plans, you're going to have to ask the person who shared them, which was Pete Hegseth. And the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, also said, saying a version of this.

And if you have concerns about these attack plans, you're going to have to ask the person who shared them, which was Pete Hegseth. And the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, also said, saying a version of this.

So it was interesting in that it really put the focus on Hegseth, who has been traveling in Asia this whole time and won't be back for a while and has made only very limited public statements, both in person and on his social media account, defending his conduct here.

So it was interesting in that it really put the focus on Hegseth, who has been traveling in Asia this whole time and won't be back for a while and has made only very limited public statements, both in person and on his social media account, defending his conduct here.

So it was interesting in that it really put the focus on Hegseth, who has been traveling in Asia this whole time and won't be back for a while and has made only very limited public statements, both in person and on his social media account, defending his conduct here.

But it really became clear that the other officials in the group chat felt like if anyone was responsible for sharing this sensitive information, it was Hegseth, because outside of him talking in great detail about literally when bombs were going to drop and where, you could say that everyone else was just having sort of an abstract policy debate or doing sort of logistical coordination.

But it really became clear that the other officials in the group chat felt like if anyone was responsible for sharing this sensitive information, it was Hegseth, because outside of him talking in great detail about literally when bombs were going to drop and where, you could say that everyone else was just having sort of an abstract policy debate or doing sort of logistical coordination.

But it really became clear that the other officials in the group chat felt like if anyone was responsible for sharing this sensitive information, it was Hegseth, because outside of him talking in great detail about literally when bombs were going to drop and where, you could say that everyone else was just having sort of an abstract policy debate or doing sort of logistical coordination.

It was Hegseth who, of his own accord, without being prompted— came in to share these very detailed battle plans.