When you get invited to the NatSec group chat....
@SteveD3 I felt that way my entire 25-ish years at defcon and infosec.
@emmreef @SteveD3 probably a real strong reflection of something makes the eyes look weird on most of them too. Possibly fittingly.
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Just to be clear, the doofus (and felon) of the story is Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, not The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
Jeffrey Goldberg was the only person in the secure chat who was NOT an idiot, and who was not breaking the law by sending classified information over a public network.

@SteveD3 so, when I was like four or five, after seeing ESB, I had a very strange dream that has stuck with me ever since.

Darth Vader and the Sesame Street gang held a birthday party on Cloud City for “the magician”, which could have meant Darth Vader, but I was never sure.

It was kind of like this scene, but this scene is ROTJ.

@SteveD3 The Empire in Star Wars building a death star with a gigantic weakpoint, Stormtroopers with abysmal aim, and incompetent officers seems on point now.

@SteveD3 For those who, like me, spent the entire day wondering why all the memes about national security, Signal, and The Atlantic journalists showing up to parties they weren’t invited to, here’s the scoop:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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@SteveD3 #alttext4you Darth Vader and a group of imperial soldiers walking through a corridor. Also among them is Big Bird.
@SteveD3 big bird is just another son of darth vader

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@SteveD3 That photo is evidently a hoax,... everybody knows that ICE has Big Bird
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=bY8trVya5aU #FightFakenews
@SteveD3 Some goon wrote 'Birdseed' on the back of Darth Vader's helmet.
@SmetanatBorschu @SteveD3 So it’s already been established that the MSS/GRU officers belong here?
@leckse @SteveD3 It's just a humorous meme about security breaches
@leckse @SteveD3 US 'top secret plans' leaked to Signal: Witkoff was part of chat during Moscow visit - Sky News

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"we're clean for OpSec"

@SteveD3 It's kinda plausible that the Empire might bring in an 8 1/2 foot canary yellow biped bird in for questioning, plus Big Bird is being his usual cheery self.

This is the 1970s so he might get into an argument with Vader over whether Mr. Snuffleupagus is real.

@SteveD3 a German satire show (heute show) did it a little better: All Bibos except the journalist.