While bipartisanship has steadily died following years of intense political turmoil and extreme polarization, it is heartening to know that at least a few politicians are capable of bipartisanship, at least periodically.
Especially, as it would turn out, in matters of national security.
As reported by the The New York Post, “a bipartisan pair of senior senators … called on the Pentagon’s watchdog … to start a review of the Signalgate scandal.”
The scandal, as many are now aware, involved the inadvertent addition of Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and a deeply anti-Trump critic, to the sensitive group chat.
Members of the group chat included 18 high-ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, and it is clear that access to these conversations should not have extended to leftist journalists.
Thus, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, and ranking member Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island, exemplify two senators who are able to work together in critical circumstances.
At least in terms of the current text group debacle that is presently swirling through the nation.
In a clearly bipartisan effort, the senators wrote a rather pointed letter to Steven A. Stebbins regarding the complete fiasco associated with the unnerving inclusion of the Atlantic editor-in-chief to a sensitive dialogue.
Indeed, both senators have put the Acting Inspector General of the so-called “Pentagon Watchdog” on notice with regards to their deep concerns over such an egregious security breach.
In other words, how on earth was such an intensely anti-Republican, anti-Trump editor placed in an official chat between multiple high-ranking members of the Trump administration?
More than one inquiring mind certain wishes to know, hence the importance of the senators’ letter.
“If true, this reporting raises questions as to the use of unclassified networks to discuss sensitive and classified information, as well as the sharing of such information with those who do not have proper clearance and need to know,” the senators wrote.
Without a doubt … and precisely why the senators called for an inquiry into six different items, among them the following: “an assessment of whether any indivdiuals transferred classified information, including operational details, from classified systems to unclassified systems, and if so, how.”
An excellent point to examine. After all, it is safe to say that Goldberg likely does not have the same
The letter may be reviewed in its entirety here.
One really does wonder indeed precisely how Goldberg did manage to strike a de facto gold pot, at least in terms of handing the media plenty of material that enables them to keep on disrupting the Trump administration.
After all, the ill-advised group chat has been a major focal point of discussion for varied talking heads, particularly across CNN, MSNBC, and other similarly militant networks … which really does make one wonder how such an anti-Trump critic inexplicably received such a “lucky” break.
Was it due to sheer luck? A sheer mistake? Or a darker possibility?
The reality remains yet to be seen, but it is heartening to know that a bipartisan effort is underway to get to the root cause of the matter.
Guessing the bipartisan effort will achieve more success with determining the root causes in this security breach than Comrade Kamal ever did in the border crisis.
That said, the Trump administration continues to secure the border with abandon, further underscoring its overarching commitment to national security and safety.
Author: Ofelia Thornton
