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00:00You've been privy to these kind of conversations.
00:03What are the typical operations for a discussion of this matter?
00:08And is it extremely controversial that an instant messaging platform
00:12like Signal would be used?
00:14We know it's encrypted.
00:16Well, yeah.
00:16I mean, the fact remains is this is somewhat unprecedented
00:19that this would happen over a instant messaging system such as this.
00:24I would note that, however,
00:27the cryptology that is used in these messages is far superior
00:31to what was being used 20 years ago over the most classified systems.
00:35And that doesn't excuse what happened here.
00:38But I think the typical trauma and drama
00:43and hair on fire drill that is going on in Washington right now
00:46is just absolutely unnecessary.
00:49The right response this morning when Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that story,
00:53and it was a good story,
00:54and I thank him for not revealing some of the details
00:58for fear of concerns over intelligence leaks.
01:01It's the answer should have been,
01:02look, we screwed up.
01:04We won't do it again.
01:05Now let's get on to business.