United States government group chat leaks

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From March 11 to 15, 2025, a group of U.S. national security leaders were observed on a group chat using the Signal messaging service, conversing about imminent military operations against the Houthis in Yemen, code-named Operation Rough Rider. Among the chat's members were Vice President JD Vance, top White House staff, three Cabinet secretaries, and the directors of two Intelligence Community agencies. A high-profile leak occurred after U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the The Atlantic magazine and moderator of the PBS weekly news program Washington Week, to the group. On March 15, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used the chat to share sensitive and classified details of the impending airstrikes, including types of aircraft and missiles, as well as launch and attack times. The name of an active undercover CIA officer was mentioned by CIA director John Ratcliffe in the chat, while Vance and Hegseth expressed contempt...

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