Nonilex<p>But then came <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>’s initial response to the disclosures. He attacked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyGoldberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyGoldberg</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a> editor, as a “so-called journalist,” & sought refuge in a semantic argument, saying that he had never disclosed “war plans.”</p><p>So on Wed, The Atlantic published the actual text of what he had written.</p><p>Hegseth texted at 11:44AM the day of the attack: “1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”</p><p>30 minutes before it happened.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>