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Retired Army Colonel John Mills

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The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

According to his own executive order, it's the president.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, I mean, I don't mean to be a policy wonk and all those who want to, you know, throw policy on the floor and roll around in it. I mean, but this is, it's the originator. It's the originator. And then you're supposed to have a class. Anytime you have an operation, a program, you're supposed to write a classification guidance manual on what is and what isn't classified.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, I mean, I don't mean to be a policy wonk and all those who want to, you know, throw policy on the floor and roll around in it. I mean, but this is, it's the originator. It's the originator. And then you're supposed to have a class. Anytime you have an operation, a program, you're supposed to write a classification guidance manual on what is and what isn't classified.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, I mean, I don't mean to be a policy wonk and all those who want to, you know, throw policy on the floor and roll around in it. I mean, but this is, it's the originator. It's the originator. And then you're supposed to have a class. Anytime you have an operation, a program, you're supposed to write a classification guidance manual on what is and what isn't classified.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

If you want to do the most unfun, boring thing in the world, it's writing a classification guidance manual. Okay. It's stupid. But you got to do it. And but it's in the end, boiling it down and simply the president. And this one was dealing directly with the president. And President Trump has already says, yep, we could have done better. We're going to do better next time.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

If you want to do the most unfun, boring thing in the world, it's writing a classification guidance manual. Okay. It's stupid. But you got to do it. And but it's in the end, boiling it down and simply the president. And this one was dealing directly with the president. And President Trump has already says, yep, we could have done better. We're going to do better next time.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

If you want to do the most unfun, boring thing in the world, it's writing a classification guidance manual. Okay. It's stupid. But you got to do it. And but it's in the end, boiling it down and simply the president. And this one was dealing directly with the president. And President Trump has already says, yep, we could have done better. We're going to do better next time.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

It was a successful operation. Whatever got out, got out after the fact. And again, you know, Goldberg is an absolute craven hack who made up a lie about suckers and losers. And he's making this like he has uncovered everything. the greatest conspiracy ever since he helped also work with the Russia hoax. So, I mean, no credibility on this guy.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

It was a successful operation. Whatever got out, got out after the fact. And again, you know, Goldberg is an absolute craven hack who made up a lie about suckers and losers. And he's making this like he has uncovered everything. the greatest conspiracy ever since he helped also work with the Russia hoax. So, I mean, no credibility on this guy.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

It was a successful operation. Whatever got out, got out after the fact. And again, you know, Goldberg is an absolute craven hack who made up a lie about suckers and losers. And he's making this like he has uncovered everything. the greatest conspiracy ever since he helped also work with the Russia hoax. So, I mean, no credibility on this guy.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Everything I've read, yeah, right, doesn't amount to classified information.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Everything I've read, yeah, right, doesn't amount to classified information.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Everything I've read, yeah, right, doesn't amount to classified information.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, of course. And of course they are. And there's already been a follow-on story that it's funny, hasn't really gotten a whole lot of information that somebody has already leaked kind of the personal password lists and things like that for several of the officials. Of course, that's the highest priority for foreign intelligence. I mean, and, you know, do we do it also? All I will say is maybe.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, of course. And of course they are. And there's already been a follow-on story that it's funny, hasn't really gotten a whole lot of information that somebody has already leaked kind of the personal password lists and things like that for several of the officials. Of course, that's the highest priority for foreign intelligence. I mean, and, you know, do we do it also? All I will say is maybe.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Well, of course. And of course they are. And there's already been a follow-on story that it's funny, hasn't really gotten a whole lot of information that somebody has already leaked kind of the personal password lists and things like that for several of the officials. Of course, that's the highest priority for foreign intelligence. I mean, and, you know, do we do it also? All I will say is maybe.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

On the scale of, come on, you know from your time in the company that you got to do a risk assessment here and really how bad was this?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

On the scale of, come on, you know from your time in the company that you got to do a risk assessment here and really how bad was this?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

On the scale of, come on, you know from your time in the company that you got to do a risk assessment here and really how bad was this?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

Yeah, please don't get me going on NSA approved devices. You've got to be kidding me. You know, yeah, if you want yesterday's product delivered tomorrow, yes, we'll go to NSA approved solutions, okay?