Trump Administration accidentally adds Journalist to private group chat (they were discussing war plans) UPD 3/26: FULL TEXTS RELEASED

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ICE Accidentally Adds Wrong Person to Sensitive Group Chat​


SIGNALGATE 2.0



The reported blunder echoes the Trump administration’s infamous Signalgate fiasco.​


Erkki Forster

Night News Reporter

Published Aug. 14 2025 5:45PM EDT

Photo composite gif of an ICE agent holding a phone with texts cycling through


Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty

ICE has joined the Trump cabinet in the group chat disaster club.

Law enforcement officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies accidentally added a stranger to their group chat, exposing highly sensitive information about a manhunt, according to a 404 Media report published Thursday.

The blunder echoes the infamous Signal chat fiasco, in which a journalist was inadvertently included in a text chain where top members of the Trump administration discussed impending air strikes in Yemen.

Kristi Noem


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees ICE, often dolls up for the cameras on immigration raids, earning her the nickname “ICE Barbie.” Homeland Security/Handout/Getty Images

The ICE messages, which discuss an active search for a convicted attempted murderer slated for deportation, were sent via MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service, and were not end-to-end encrypted like messages on Signal or WhatsApp.

Officials reportedly texted an ICE “Field Operations Worksheet” on Wednesday that revealed detailed information about the person being sought—including their Social Security number—and DMV and license plate reader data, 404 Media reported.

The outlet labeled the incident a “significant data breach and operational security failure for ICE.”

Border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem


Noem and Border czar Tom Homan have devoted themselves to carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation effort. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

404 Media reported that the group chat had six members, verifying one as an ICE official and identifying another as likely from the U.S. Marshals Service.

The Daily Beast has reached out to ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service for comment.

MAGA Supporter Regrets Trump Vote After ICE ConfrontationNEVER AGAIN

Amber Levis



Gavidia confronted by ICE agents.


The person mistakenly added to the group chat is not a law enforcement official and had no connection to the manhunt, according to 404 Media. They told the outlet they were added weeks ago and assumed the messages were spam—until they received the ICE worksheet and license plate numbers.

404 Media, which said it obtained and verified screenshots from the group chat, has withheld the person’s identity to protect them from retaliation.

SCOOP: ICE added a rando to their group chat about a manhunt they were conducting and sent updates in real time. They did this over MMS and called the chat "Mass Text"ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) August 14, 2025

In Wednesday’s messages, the law enforcement officials discussed the search for their target and their next moves.

“Going to need to roll out at 1000,” one member texts the chat, called “Mass Text.”

“Copy. We can break it down at 10,” another replies.

The unintended recipient told 404 Media that the messages stopped coming shortly thereafter.

In what became known as “Signalgate,” Trump cabinet members, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussed classified attack plans for airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen on a Signal chat.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met as the Trump administration has once again put the military alliance between the United States and Western Europe in question.


An independent watchdog revealed last month that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account disclosing a U.S. bomb campaign were classified, despite his denials. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who had inadvertently added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, became the fall guy and was ultimately ousted from his post by Trump.

ICE has ramped up its arrests and immigration raids to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. The agency recently received a $150 billion cash infusion through the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

But the agency has come under fire for repeated botched operations and for its inhumane methods.
 

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ICE Accidentally Adds Wrong Person to Sensitive Group Chat​


SIGNALGATE 2.0

The reported blunder echoes the Trump administration’s infamous Signalgate fiasco.​


Erkki Forster

Night News Reporter


Published Aug. 14 2025 5:45PM EDT

Photo composite gif of an ICE agent holding a phone with texts cycling through


Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty

ICE has joined the Trump cabinet in the group chat disaster club.

Law enforcement officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies accidentally added a stranger to their group chat, exposing highly sensitive information about a manhunt, according to a 404 Media report published Thursday.

The blunder echoes the infamous Signal chat fiasco, in which a journalist was inadvertently included in a text chain where top members of the Trump administration discussed impending air strikes in Yemen.

Kristi Noem


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose department oversees ICE, often dolls up for the cameras on immigration raids, earning her the nickname “ICE Barbie.” Homeland Security/Handout/Getty Images

The ICE messages, which discuss an active search for a convicted attempted murderer slated for deportation, were sent via MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service, and were not end-to-end encrypted like messages on Signal or WhatsApp.

Officials reportedly texted an ICE “Field Operations Worksheet” on Wednesday that revealed detailed information about the person being sought—including their Social Security number—and DMV and license plate reader data, 404 Media reported.

The outlet labeled the incident a “significant data breach and operational security failure for ICE.”

Border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem


Noem and Border czar Tom Homan have devoted themselves to carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation effort. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

404 Media reported that the group chat had six members, verifying one as an ICE official and identifying another as likely from the U.S. Marshals Service.

The Daily Beast has reached out to ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service for comment.

MAGA Supporter Regrets Trump Vote After ICE ConfrontationNEVER AGAIN

Amber Levis

Gavidia confronted by ICE agents.


The person mistakenly added to the group chat is not a law enforcement official and had no connection to the manhunt, according to 404 Media. They told the outlet they were added weeks ago and assumed the messages were spam—until they received the ICE worksheet and license plate numbers.

404 Media, which said it obtained and verified screenshots from the group chat, has withheld the person’s identity to protect them from retaliation.



In Wednesday’s messages, the law enforcement officials discussed the search for their target and their next moves.

“Going to need to roll out at 1000,” one member texts the chat, called “Mass Text.”

“Copy. We can break it down at 10,” another replies.

The unintended recipient told 404 Media that the messages stopped coming shortly thereafter.

In what became known as “Signalgate,” Trump cabinet members, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussed classified attack plans for airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen on a Signal chat.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met as the Trump administration has once again put the military alliance between the United States and Western Europe in question.


An independent watchdog revealed last month that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account disclosing a U.S. bomb campaign were classified, despite his denials. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who had inadvertently added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, became the fall guy and was ultimately ousted from his post by Trump.

ICE has ramped up its arrests and immigration raids to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push. The agency recently received a $150 billion cash infusion through the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

But the agency has come under fire for repeated botched operations and for its inhumane methods.
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@Fritschner
Guests at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage found a copy of a State Department’s memo with sensitive details for the Trump-Putin meeting sitting on the hotel printer yesterday, per NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504196/trump-putin-summit-documents-left-behind



2/37
@cyberkittyyzoey
atp russia doesn't even need to spy, we just gift wrap the info 🫠



3/37
@Okie_Rancher
A “hotel guest” who is a patriot would have quietly returned the docs to the state department and not sought media attention.



4/37
@HMilne57
Weird that all these highly confidential, sensitive documents are just left lying around for people to find. 😵‍💫



5/37
@Markus_Engel71
Can happen if the majority of your cabinet are former foxnews hosts. Strange still, thought they are more techy now and are telling everyone about their plans on Signal.



6/37
@elander777
Did they pirate it away?



7/37
@ukriomarg
Such competence in this administration….



8/37
@the_resistor
The most careless and inept administration in history.

Which makes them dangerous and America vulnerable.



9/37
@JoryDeLoach
Most transparent administration in history, I guess?



10/37
@JimMvr
Here: Where to go to the bathroom.



11/37
@DenisonBarbs
Why does Pete Hegseth come to mind?🤔



12/37
@charlietuna234
Amateur night.



13/37
@marysupoppinz
The incompetence is worrying…..



14/37
@Sonee333Sonny




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15/37
@TooWokeToWork
Do you mean…. Maybe hiring incompetent sycophants to staff key positions in the administration solely because of their loyalty was a BAD idea?



16/37
@The_Kazambo
Hegsethhhhh???



17/37
@STFUabtChicago
The Trump/Putin Summit in Anchorage was a national security GROOMING PLOY by Putin to hoover up every SIGINT asset associated with POTUS, SECDEF, NSA, etc., transit security

Mission Accomplished



18/37
@cooterdwayne
It's simply a consequence of placing untrained and unqualified political appointees in positions formerly occupied by professionals. This is the new normal for this incompetent administration. I'm surprised the spelling was correct. @StateDept



19/37
@darthboogey
Hey maga if Trump w/o a doubt betrayed us, would you still support him?



20/37
@JulieOnX24
Per @NPR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



21/37
@JBUSESX
You folks keep taking the Trump decoys and baits. Happens almost daily. These decoys help understand how the information flows and who moves it. Just think about it.

Plant a decoy and follow the people and the flow. Simple and effective, also low cost.



22/37
@alongadingdong
NPR?
LOL!
was it on Adam SCHIFFS stationary !



23/37
@slicky0007




GyfPa1LbIAAxlAp.jpg


24/37
@Henry1Paul
😵‍💫🫤🙃🙄🤪



25/37
@Desertstarfairy
What a GD clown show



26/37
@bassirih
Only the best people 🙄



27/37
@poecoker
Incompetent administration.



28/37
@AtsaMee
Interesting read



29/37
@PearlsAndGraham
Lol



30/37
@wienerDeanna
Release it !!



31/37
@RustyRueff
Of course they did. Another episode of Amateur Hour in the White House!



32/37
@jonathan_doupe
NPR goes with the double 'L' in 'cancelled'. Respect.



33/37
@MicheleLam5014
I didn't know Pete was there for the meeting.



34/37
@dante1955
They make zero effort to keep any information private. ZERO. 🥴🥴



35/37
@Tireman4
@SaraForTexLege



36/37
@TonyBynum
Hire January 6th pardoned felons, what do you expect?



37/37
@carbonneau_mary
Rookie mistake in an office setting...




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1/37
@Fritschner
Guests at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage found a copy of a State Department’s memo with sensitive details for the Trump-Putin meeting sitting on the hotel printer yesterday, per NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504196/trump-putin-summit-documents-left-behind



2/37
@cyberkittyyzoey
atp russia doesn't even need to spy, we just gift wrap the info 🫠



3/37
@Okie_Rancher
A “hotel guest” who is a patriot would have quietly returned the docs to the state department and not sought media attention.



4/37
@HMilne57
Weird that all these highly confidential, sensitive documents are just left lying around for people to find. 😵‍💫



5/37
@Markus_Engel71
Can happen if the majority of your cabinet are former foxnews hosts. Strange still, thought they are more techy now and are telling everyone about their plans on Signal.



6/37
@elander777
Did they pirate it away?



7/37
@ukriomarg
Such competence in this administration….



8/37
@the_resistor
The most careless and inept administration in history.

Which makes them dangerous and America vulnerable.



9/37
@JoryDeLoach
Most transparent administration in history, I guess?



10/37
@JimMvr
Here: Where to go to the bathroom.



11/37
@DenisonBarbs
Why does Pete Hegseth come to mind?🤔



12/37
@charlietuna234
Amateur night.



13/37
@marysupoppinz
The incompetence is worrying…..



14/37
@Sonee333Sonny




GyfBKCwXgAAU0zv.jpg


15/37
@TooWokeToWork
Do you mean…. Maybe hiring incompetent sycophants to staff key positions in the administration solely because of their loyalty was a BAD idea?



16/37
@The_Kazambo
Hegsethhhhh???



17/37
@STFUabtChicago
The Trump/Putin Summit in Anchorage was a national security GROOMING PLOY by Putin to hoover up every SIGINT asset associated with POTUS, SECDEF, NSA, etc., transit security

Mission Accomplished



18/37
@cooterdwayne
It's simply a consequence of placing untrained and unqualified political appointees in positions formerly occupied by professionals. This is the new normal for this incompetent administration. I'm surprised the spelling was correct. @StateDept



19/37
@darthboogey
Hey maga if Trump w/o a doubt betrayed us, would you still support him?



20/37
@JulieOnX24
Per @NPR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



21/37
@JBUSESX
You folks keep taking the Trump decoys and baits. Happens almost daily. These decoys help understand how the information flows and who moves it. Just think about it.

Plant a decoy and follow the people and the flow. Simple and effective, also low cost.



22/37
@alongadingdong
NPR?
LOL!
was it on Adam SCHIFFS stationary !



23/37
@slicky0007




GyfPa1LbIAAxlAp.jpg


24/37
@Henry1Paul
😵‍💫🫤🙃🙄🤪



25/37
@Desertstarfairy
What a GD clown show



26/37
@bassirih
Only the best people 🙄



27/37
@poecoker
Incompetent administration.



28/37
@AtsaMee
Interesting read



29/37
@PearlsAndGraham
Lol



30/37
@wienerDeanna
Release it !!



31/37
@RustyRueff
Of course they did. Another episode of Amateur Hour in the White House!



32/37
@jonathan_doupe
NPR goes with the double 'L' in 'cancelled'. Respect.



33/37
@MicheleLam5014
I didn't know Pete was there for the meeting.



34/37
@dante1955
They make zero effort to keep any information private. ZERO. 🥴🥴



35/37
@Tireman4
@SaraForTexLege



36/37
@TonyBynum
Hire January 6th pardoned felons, what do you expect?



37/37
@carbonneau_mary
Rookie mistake in an office setting...




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administration filled with a bunch of nepo/trustfund fukk ups. That wouldn't be anywhere in society if it wasn't cause of their daddy/granddaddy/ or older grandparent that was actually the smart one.

:unimpressed:
 

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@Fritschner
Guests at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage found a copy of a State Department’s memo with sensitive details for the Trump-Putin meeting sitting on the hotel printer yesterday, per NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504196/trump-putin-summit-documents-left-behind



2/37
@cyberkittyyzoey
atp russia doesn't even need to spy, we just gift wrap the info 🫠



3/37
@Okie_Rancher
A “hotel guest” who is a patriot would have quietly returned the docs to the state department and not sought media attention.



4/37
@HMilne57
Weird that all these highly confidential, sensitive documents are just left lying around for people to find. 😵‍💫



5/37
@Markus_Engel71
Can happen if the majority of your cabinet are former foxnews hosts. Strange still, thought they are more techy now and are telling everyone about their plans on Signal.



6/37
@elander777
Did they pirate it away?



7/37
@ukriomarg
Such competence in this administration….



8/37
@the_resistor
The most careless and inept administration in history.

Which makes them dangerous and America vulnerable.



9/37
@JoryDeLoach
Most transparent administration in history, I guess?



10/37
@JimMvr
Here: Where to go to the bathroom.



11/37
@DenisonBarbs
Why does Pete Hegseth come to mind?🤔



12/37
@charlietuna234
Amateur night.



13/37
@marysupoppinz
The incompetence is worrying…..



14/37
@Sonee333Sonny




GyfBKCwXgAAU0zv.jpg


15/37
@TooWokeToWork
Do you mean…. Maybe hiring incompetent sycophants to staff key positions in the administration solely because of their loyalty was a BAD idea?



16/37
@The_Kazambo
Hegsethhhhh???



17/37
@STFUabtChicago
The Trump/Putin Summit in Anchorage was a national security GROOMING PLOY by Putin to hoover up every SIGINT asset associated with POTUS, SECDEF, NSA, etc., transit security

Mission Accomplished



18/37
@cooterdwayne
It's simply a consequence of placing untrained and unqualified political appointees in positions formerly occupied by professionals. This is the new normal for this incompetent administration. I'm surprised the spelling was correct. @StateDept



19/37
@darthboogey
Hey maga if Trump w/o a doubt betrayed us, would you still support him?



20/37
@JulieOnX24
Per @NPR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣



21/37
@JBUSESX
You folks keep taking the Trump decoys and baits. Happens almost daily. These decoys help understand how the information flows and who moves it. Just think about it.

Plant a decoy and follow the people and the flow. Simple and effective, also low cost.



22/37
@alongadingdong
NPR?
LOL!
was it on Adam SCHIFFS stationary !



23/37
@slicky0007




GyfPa1LbIAAxlAp.jpg


24/37
@Henry1Paul
😵‍💫🫤🙃🙄🤪



25/37
@Desertstarfairy
What a GD clown show



26/37
@bassirih
Only the best people 🙄



27/37
@poecoker
Incompetent administration.



28/37
@AtsaMee
Interesting read



29/37
@PearlsAndGraham
Lol



30/37
@wienerDeanna
Release it !!



31/37
@RustyRueff
Of course they did. Another episode of Amateur Hour in the White House!



32/37
@jonathan_doupe
NPR goes with the double 'L' in 'cancelled'. Respect.



33/37
@MicheleLam5014
I didn't know Pete was there for the meeting.



34/37
@dante1955
They make zero effort to keep any information private. ZERO. 🥴🥴



35/37
@Tireman4
@SaraForTexLege



36/37
@TonyBynum
Hire January 6th pardoned felons, what do you expect?



37/37
@carbonneau_mary
Rookie mistake in an office setting...




To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196

People wanted this level of idiocy.
 
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