Democratic Senators rip Trump Administration officials for the Signal leak.
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00:00Number one, there's got to be accountability.
00:04Number two, it's an incredible display of incompetence.
00:08Number three, it's an incredible display of irresponsibility.
00:12They literally had targeting coordinates.
00:15So this was really an astonishing breach.
00:19My view, Walsh and Higgs should go,
00:23but I think Trump has the responsibility as president
00:26to step up and assert the need for accountability.
00:29Do you think the president had any insight
00:32into just how detailed these messages were?
00:36Probably not, but the question is,
00:38why did he appoint somebody like Higgseth,
00:41who clearly is not up to the job?
00:44That's his responsibility.
00:46Do you think Higgseth broke the law?
00:48I don't know.
00:50These disclosures are absolutely bone-chilling.
00:54They are clearly a betrayal of trust,
00:58requiring an immediate resignation.
01:01There's no sugarcoating this situation.
01:07It is a breakdown of security
01:10that put our pilots in the most severe jeopardy.
01:17And even after the mission was complete,
01:21disclosure of these kinds of details
01:24puts our military men and women at risk
01:26because it shows the kinds of planes,
01:29munitions, targets, timing,
01:33that all could be highly valuable to our enemies
01:38in future missions.
01:43I think they intentionally misled Congress
01:46into trying to believe
01:48that this was some casual conversation.
01:51This is a war plan, and American lives were at risk,
01:54and we should deal with it in that seriousness.