US war plans for Yemen leaked to journalist in Signal group chat

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US war plans for Yemen leaked to journalist in Signal group chat  Politicians and analysts have expressed alarm after Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic's editor-in-chief, revealed that he was sent sensitive information about impending military strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/24/us-defence-secretary-leaks-yemen-plans-in-secure-chat-with-journalist-nsc-probes  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Top national security officials for U.S. President Donald Trump discussed war plans in a Signal

00:08group chat that mistakenly included a prominent journalist.

00:13Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote about his unprecedented experience on

00:19Monday, saying he didn't think it was real at first.

00:22The people I know who are in this administration, nevertheless, it wasn't until Saturday that

00:27I was reasonably certain that this wasn't a hoax, that I had actually mistakenly been

00:33included in a conversation of the principals' committee, essentially the leaders of the

00:39national security community, including the head of the CIA, in this discussion of whether

00:45—

00:46U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was one of the officials who had shared information

00:51in the group chat.

00:52After the story quickly spread, he tried to discredit Goldberg.

00:56You're talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who's made

01:04a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again to include the, I don't know, the hoaxes

01:11of Russia, Russia, Russia, or the fine people on both sides hoax, or suckers and losers

01:17hoax.

01:18So this is a guy that peddles in garbage.

01:20This is what he does.

01:22Meanwhile, Trump claims to be unaware.

01:25I don't know anything about it.

01:26I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic.

01:28To me, it's a magazine that's going out of business.

01:30I think it's not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.

01:34The story sparked concern among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers about how sensitive

01:39information could so easily leak.

01:42The National Security Council said the messages appeared authentic and added it was looking

01:46into how Goldberg's number was added to the chat.

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