Washington: Senior officials of Donald Trump’s administration, including US vice -president and defense secretary, accidentally added a journalist to a private message group, where they discussed military schemes classified for strikes against Iran -backed Hothis of Yemen, raised serious security concerns, according to a Firsthand Account. Atlantic magazine.
Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg said on Monday that he was inadvertently invited to an encrypted chat group on a signal messaging app called “Houthi PC Small Group” on 13 March. In the group, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz assigned his deputy, Alex Wong, established a “tiger team” to coordinate American action against Hauthis.
US President Donald Trump on March 15 launched an ongoing campaign of mass military attacks against Yemen’s Hauthis, which on group attacks on the Red Sea Shipping, warning the main backer of Hauthis, to stop his support immediately.
A few hours before those attacks began, Hegseth posted operating details about the plan, “, including information about the goals, will deploy weapons to the US, and attack the sequencing,” Goldberg said. He refused to disclose the nuances of what he said for the “shocking careless” use of signal chat for coordination of the strike.
The Defense Department referred to the National Security Council a Reuters request for comment. NSC spokesman Brian Hughes said the chat group appeared authentic.
“At this time, what the message thread was told seems to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an unknown number was added to the series. The thread is a deep and thoughtful policy coordination display between senior officials. The ongoing success of the Hurti operation suggests that our service members or our national security were no threat,” said Hauzes.
