US President Donald Trump's top officials 'accidentally' included the editor-in-chief of the magazine The Atlantic in a group on Signal, an open-source messaging app, and shared their war plans for military strikes in Yemen, the magazine reported in a story posted online Monday.
As per the report, US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels pounded sites across the country within just two hours after Goldberg received the details of the attack on March 15.
"I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing", The Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg mentioned in his report titled 'The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans'.
As per a report by the Hindustan Times, The National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes acknowledged in a statement that “the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic.” The council also mentioned that they are investigating how a journalist's number was accidentally added to the group.
How Did Goldberg Receive Messages?
According to the editor-in-chief, he was included in the group on Signal, by someone posing as President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Waltz. The group reportedly included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Director of National Intelligence.
Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, who was also in the group chat. “U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling", he said.
According to a report by CNBC, Hegseth blasted Goldberg as a “deceitful” and a “discredited so-called journalist” owing to his critical reporting of Trump while mentioning, “Nobody was texting war plans and that라이브 바카라 all I have to say about that.”
According to Goldberg, the discussion included “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing.”
“The information contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the United States, could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Command라이브 바카라 area of responsibility,” Goldberg stated.
It is yet to be ascertained whether the information was classified or not.
Trump's Reaction
Trump initially told reporters he was not aware that the highly sensitive information had been shared, two-and-a-half hours after it was reported. He later appeared to joke about the breach.
Earlier Monday, Trump told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.” He added that The Atlantic was “not much of a magazine.”
In a statement late Monday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the president still has the “utmost confidence” in Waltz and the national security team.
