“There’s plenty of declassified information that shows that our adversaries, China and Russia, are trying to break into encrypted systems,” Warner said of the messaging app ] Signal during his opening remarks of the Senate panel’s annual worldwide threats hearing.
“If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired,” he added.
“This is one more example of the kind of sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior, particularly towards classified information, that this is not a one-off or a first-time error.”
Warner noted that “classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system.”
On the social platform X as he began his opening remarks, Warner called on the two Trump officials to resign.
Everybody on this committee gets briefed on security protocols. They’re told you don’t make calls outside of SCIFs,” Warner said, referencing the secure facilities used to discuss classified information.
“No, the Signal fiasco is not a one-off. It is unfortunately a pattern we’re seeing too often repeated,” he said, adding the “erosion of trust” among the intelligence workforce and allies across the globe “can’t be put back in the bottle overnight.”
“Make no mistake: These actions make America less safe,” he added.
Updated at 10:48 a.m. EDT
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