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Dan Lamothe

@danlamothe
9 posts
2025-03-25
Noting for the record that it appears: 1) @JeffreyGoldberg did *NOT* publish any classified plans despite likely receiving them 2) Did *NOT* publish anything at a time that it would have compromised an operation. Noting clearly now, before partisan takes roll in
2025-03-25 View on X
The Atlantic

Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the US' Houthi war plans; Signal is not approved for sharing classified info

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.

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White House press secretary doubles down on denial. She notably does *not* deny that sensitive details of a then-forthcoming military operation were shared over Signal. She does deny that classified information was. Many people who handle this info find that hard to believe.
2025-03-25 View on X
The Atlantic

Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the US' Houthi war plans; Signal is not approved for sharing classified info

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.

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2025-02-20
NEW: Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered senior leaders at the Pentagon to develop plans for cutting 8 percent from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and officials familiar with the matter.
2025-02-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025

- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending  — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor

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NEW: Pentagon acknowledges in statement that budget cuts are sought to numerous programs. Says they are desired to pay for other Trump priorities, including “Iron Dome for America.” [image]
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Bloomberg

Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025

- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending  — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor

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Seventeen categories were exempted by Hegseth in his request, including border security operations, one-way attack drones, and missile defense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2025-02-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Palantir's stock fell 10% on February 19 after the WaPo reported US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to cut military spending; PLTR is up 50%+ in 2025

- Spending shift would affect 8% of US defense spending  — AI-focused Palantir has become major government contractor

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2022-12-27
Biometric devices like this were once common gear for an American combat unit. This one made it to eBay after being used in Kandahar years ago: https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-27 View on X
New York Times

German researchers bought a US military device, last used in Afghanistan in 2012, with fingerprints, iris scans, and other data on 2,632 people, for $68 on eBay

German security researchers studying biometric capture devices popular with the U.S. military got more than they expected for $68 on eBay.

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2022-10-16
A senior U.S. official expressed exasperation to me about the Starlink situation in Ukraine involving @elonmusk. Musk “dangles hope over the heads of millions, then sticks the DoD with the bill for a system no one asked for but now so many depend on.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2022-10-16 View on X
CNBC

Elon Musk claims SpaceX will continue subsidizing Starlink in Ukraine “for free” even though the service is still losing money; SpaceX receives government funds

most has been paid by US, Poland, other countries & entities. https://twitter.com/... @bridget123goooo : GMAFB!! You literally cut them off! Children are dying in the streets and y...

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2022-02-01
I am uninterested in your Wordle. I am on the record about this. I *am* interested in actual Wordle news, though: https://www.nytco.com/...
2022-02-01 View on X
The New York Times Company

The New York Times acquires Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures”

Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original …

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2019-10-27
In @GuySnodgrass's new book about the Mattis era at the Pentagon, he wrote that Trump wanted to “screw” Amazon out the $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing contract. On Friday night, Microsoft won that contract instead. via @Post_AG @greene https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2019-10-27 View on X
CNBC

Pentagon awards $10B JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft over Amazon

Microsoft has emerged victorious in a dramatic competition for public cloud resources for the U.S. Defense Department, beating out market leader Amazon Web Services, the Pentagon s...

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