A major security leak by senior U.S. government officials has triggered bipartisan anger.
U.S. war plans against Yemen's Houthis were posted in a Signal messaging group chat that included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – and a journalist, mistakenly included. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he was unaware of the leak.
Under U.S. law, it can be a crime to mishandle, misuse or abuse classified information. The White House confirmed the chat group’s authenticity.
#trump #yemen #Hegseth
U.S. war plans against Yemen's Houthis were posted in a Signal messaging group chat that included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – and a journalist, mistakenly included. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he was unaware of the leak.
Under U.S. law, it can be a crime to mishandle, misuse or abuse classified information. The White House confirmed the chat group’s authenticity.
#trump #yemen #Hegseth
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00:00I know nothing about it. You're saying that they had what?
00:03A major security leak by senior U.S. government officials has triggered bipartisan anger.
00:07U.S. war plans against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis were posted in a signal messaging group chat
00:12that included Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
00:16Nobody was texting war plans.
00:19And a journalist, mistakenly included.
00:22Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published the messages he had received
00:26in the encrypted Houthi PC small group chat group.
00:30Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe were also group members.
00:36Hours before the U.S. launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Houthis,
00:41Hegseth posted key operational details to the group.
00:45Opposition lawmakers called the blunder a national security breach.
00:48This is one of the most stunning breaches in military intelligence
00:52I have read about in a very, very long time.
00:56Posts critical of Europe by Vance and others are also likely to worry European leaders.
01:01Under U.S. law, it can be a crime to mishandle, misuse or abuse classified information.
01:07The White House confirmed the chat group's authenticity.