A source says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information about a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis in a group chat with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/pete-hegseth-shared-sensitive-yemen-war-plans-second-signal-chat/
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00:00A source says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegzeth shared information about a march
00:06attack on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis in a group chat with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer.
00:12In the second chat, Hegzeth shared attack details similar to those reported last month
00:16by The Atlantic after its editor Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a different signal chat.
00:22A source speaking anonymously says the second chat had around 12 people
00:26and was made during Hegzeth's confirmation process to discuss administrative issues
00:30rather than detailed military planning.
00:33Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell says the media was
00:36"...enthusiastically taking the grievances of disgruntled former employees as the sole source of their article."
00:43White House spokesperson Anna Kelly says that
00:45"...recently fired leakers continue to misinterpret the truth to soothe their ego and undermine the president's agenda."