Nebraska RINO Rep. Don Bacon Attacks Trump Officials For ‘Intentional’ Security Breach — Then Floats a Baseless Conspiracy Theory (VIDEO)
Nebraska RINO Don Bacon has lambasted Trump officials for the security breach that led to war plans being linked to the media.
On Monday, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published an article in which he revealed that he had inadvertently been added to a Signal group chat by National Security advisor Mike Waltz and several other senior Trump officials in which they discussed their plans to bomb the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Speaking to CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raji, Bacon claimed without evidence that Russia and China had read the messages on Signal and, therefore, had prior knowledge of the attack.
“The real issue is putting top secret information on an unclassified device, talking about war plans that are imminent,” he said.
“And I am a signals intelligence officer by trade, I will guarantee you, 99.99% with confidence, Russia and China are monitoring those two phones.”
“So I just think it’s a security violation, and there’s no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff within hours of the attacks on Yemen or the Houthis.”
“So that’s wrong. Everyone should know better than putting top secret war plans on an unclassified phone. Period. There is no excuse.”
Bacon added: “Secondly, I just hate to see the loathing towards Europe. I’m using their words. Europe’s our ally. NATO is our ally. Canada’s our ally. I think now we can see why they’re so condescending and rude to our allies, because you just see it in a private text. To me, the…
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While it is of course possible that Russia and China had access to the devices, Signal uses end-to-end encryption that’s considered state-of-the-art.
Its protocol is open-source, audited, and widely trusted by cryptographers.
As of now, there’s no known method, even by Russia or China, to break its encryption.
However, no system is completely foolproof, especially if a user’s phone is compromised.
Bacon then went off on the likes of Pete Hegseth and J.D. Vance for complaining how the U.S. was once again being forced to bail out Europe militarily.
“Secondly, I just hate to see the loathing towards Europe. I’m using their words. Europe’s our ally. NATO is our ally. Canada’s our ally.
”I think now we can see why they’re so condescending and rude to our allies because you just see it in a private text.”
”To me, the concern is that they’re making foreign policy based on this quote, loathing, and I don’t like it.”
He also admitted he had always had “concerns” about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“I’ve always had concerns, but I wish him success. He got confirmed. So once he got confirmed, I turned the page and tried to move forward.”
“This is a gross error, and it’s intentional. They intentionally put highly classified information on an unclassified device.”
It is not the first time that Bacon has attacked Trump and his allies.
Back in 2023, he actively compared the America First movement to Nazi Germany after he came under pressure to confirm Rep. Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House, something he repeatedly refused to do.
Nebraska RINO Don Bacon Compares America First Movement to Nazi Germany
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