A serious incident has rocked former President Donald Trump's administration, after senior figures in his cabinet were involved in a security breach while discussing secret plans for strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen. Some of the key names, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, used the commercial messaging app Signal, which is not approved for sharing classified information by the US government.
Atlantic magazine journalist and editor Jeffrey Goldberg, who was involved in the secure chat titled “Houthi PC Small Group,” revealed that sensitive information, including the identity of a senior CIA officer and details of operations, was shared without any proper oversight. The breach has been called one of “the largest military security breaches ever,” prompting strong reactions from politicians, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Representative Pat Ryan.
Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he was unaware of the incident. "I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of Atlantic," Trump said.
Meanwhile, other administration figures, including Hegseth, have denied the significance of the incident, calling it disinformation. Hegseth, in his first comments on the matter, attacked Goldberg, but did not shed light on why Signal was being used to discuss the sensitive operation or how Goldberg ended up in the messaging chain.
"Nobody was sending messages about war plans and that's all I have to say about that," Hegseth said.
Goldberg responded to Hegseth's denial in an interview on CNN late Monday by saying, "No, that's a lie. He was sending messages about war plans."
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt later issued a statement saying: "President Trump continues to have the utmost confidence in his national security team, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz."
However, national security experts have warned that this incident could have serious consequences for the security of operations and the Trump administration's credibility with international allies.
Meanwhile, investigations into this possible security breach are still ongoing.
If such information were obtained in advance by American adversaries, it could endanger lives and national foreign policy objectives.
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