U.S. Secretary of Defence Peter Hegseth is denying sensitive military information was discussed in a Signal group chat with a journalist. Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who reported on the conversation, says he was unexpectedly added to the chat.
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00:00Top officials in the U.S. Trump administration have been left scrambling to deny a report
00:05that they discussed military plans in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.
00:11Nobody was texting war plans.
00:14And that's all I have to say about that.
00:16That's it.
00:17That's it.
00:18Eighteen Cabinet members were in the chat, including Hegzeth and Vice President J.D.
00:22Vance.
00:23Messages contained operational details about strikes the U.S. carried out on Yemen's Houthi
00:27group earlier this month.
00:29The conversation was reported by Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who says
00:34he was unexpectedly added to the chat.
00:37Signal is an open-source encrypted messaging app.
00:39It has not been approved by the U.S. government for sharing sensitive information.