Here’s what happened to those signal messages
The US Treasury Department was initially in court in providing a timetable of messages that could be recovered. The Treasury Secretary, Scott Bosent, received a protection note on March 26, as well as advice on his basic task for maintaining records. As a result, “pictures were taken from the minister’s phones and Mr. [Daniel] Katz, “The Chief of Staff Bosun. The messages begin at 1:48 pm Est on March 15225.
“The Atlantic article was about chat, which took place from 11 to fifteen,” says Anthony.
The Ministry of Defense told the court last month that its lawyers were “” complying “the IAEA laws, and the Hegst minister’s communications team had been asked to send signal messages to an official Ministry of Defense account. Last week, the court was pressured for more details, saying Monday that the search was” on March 27 “.
US regulatory lawyers had asked the court to look for more characteristics, saying on April 4 that “vague and incomplete claims” in the government’s main declarations had only doubts about the “intended efforts” to preserve the chats. According to new reports, the group argues that the government’s response would have been “completely inadequate”. Politico had reported two days ago that about 20 private signal chat groups were started by a large number of cabinet officials.
“It seems very likely that people who are accused of our petition are likely to have some other chats, and we have this problem wider,” says Anthony.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice opposed the court’s participation, stating that its efforts on behalf of a watchdog group were legally confused and the question of whether any law has been violated, in any case, would be considered. According to the said, public members have no “applicable rights” when challenging the destruction of the government’s specific records. The ministry said the court order was unnecessary because the government had already done what it was necessary. According to him, the “part of the chat” had previously committed to a federal record system, “at least one agency”.
Other new details provided Monday’s disclosure of a wide range of dates for preservation efforts in various agencies, including the history of Hegst, eventually “searching”.
Chat images on Marco Rubio’s phone were also recorded on March 27, the State Department said. The National Intelligence Office announced that the images were taken the next day on March 28. The CIA said it took a picture of the chat on March 31. However, this one of its previous statements clarified the court and showed that the image mainly shows the name of the chat group and some members and its settings, but none of its “basic messages”.
US oversight of a preview of its initial complaint during the last week’s proceedings, planning to encourage the court to expand its scope of its review to include widespread use of signal by senior officials across the country.
“This attack on government transparency threatens our democracy,” says Chuko. “And we are committed to using any legal tools available to disclose the truth and answer them accountable.”
