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not monitored, not seizable, is like deleting evidence

Like Signal?

> Mike Waltz set disappearing message time to 4 weeks [0]

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-...

Hmm. Well the issue is that he's using Signal, and that it's on a consumer grade phone, that is akin to deleting evidence.

But at this point disappearing message is more like limiting how bad this behavior is rather than aggravating circumstances.

I mean he's wrong to be using that setup but if using it I much prefer those illegal messages not be present anymore when he loses his phone or something.

It is illegal to destroy records of US government communications, especially at a high level, without first receiving approval from the National Archives.

But is destroying illegally stored records relevant? I don't know the legal precedents

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9de770q9e0o

Sufficiently so, so that a judge ordered immediate retention.

Thank you!

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