In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on Houthis
Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw-up’
Senior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discussing secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
In an extraordinary blunder, key figures in the Trump administration – including the vice-president, JD Vance, the defence secretary Pete Hegseth, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard – used the commercial chat app Signal to convene and discuss plans – while also including a prominent journalist in the group.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/journalist-trump-yemen-war-chat
Author : Peter Beaumont
Publish date : 2025-03-25 06:08:00
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