But Trump should hold someone accountable. It’s likely that federal law was broken in this incident. At the absolute very least, these officials conducted themselves extraordinarily foolishly and in a manner that is unbecoming of their offices. They have lost the credibility to criticize the past, present, and future mishandling of sensitive American national-security information (such as Hillary Clinton’s home-brew email server, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s stashing of documents in their garages and bathrooms).
In my view, the most egregious behavior was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s. (The stupidest was National Security Adviser Mike Waltz’s adding of Goldberg to the conversation in the first place.)
Pete Hegseth — the top civilian in the Department of the Defense and a man who has command authority over U.S. military operations worldwide — texted information, over an unsecured channel, that “contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.” That’s shocking, egregious, and totally outrageous.
President Trump should demand Pete Hegseth’s resignation. Today.
A question now hangs over this administration: Will there be accountability under Trump — or does the buck stop nowhere, as it did for the previous four years?
Trump Should Fire Pete Hegseth
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-should-fire-pete-hegseth/amp/