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Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use

Yesterday, The Atlantic magazine revealed an extraordinary national security blunder in the United States. Top US government officials had discussed plans for a bombing campaign in Yemen against Houthi rebels in a Signal group chat which inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

The Conversation

The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know

The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions

The Independent UK

Democrats Mock War Plans Texts in 'Rehearsed' Bit on House Floor: 'What Signal Chat Are You In?'

House Democrats took a jab at the national security team on Tuesday, mocking their leaked Signal group chat about bombing Houthi targets in Yemen.

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‘Sloppy’: Trump downplays shock over leaked Signal chat about Yemen attack

Democrats have called the high-level discussions on the messaging app Signal ‘obviously reckless, obviously dangerous’.

Al Jazeera

Mike Waltz Called Out After Declaring He's 'Never Met' SignalGate Journalist: 'How the Heck Did You Have His Number?'

National Security advisor Mike Waltz responded to reports that a journalist was added to a "war plans" group text between top government officials.

Latin Times

Trump wants to move on after the text-chain disaster. Pete Hegseth could end up being his scapegoat

Analysis: Trump may have to pay a political price to move on from a shocking breach of security by his most senior officials, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

The Signal chat blunder has shaken Washington. Except in the White House where it’s brushed off

Trump and his aides are now describing accurate reporting on a national security breach as a ‘hoax’

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Is Jeffrey Goldberg legally allowed to release the Signal messages he received?

Goldberg published vague information about the attacks in Yemen more than a week after they occurred

The Independent UK

Who is Mike Waltz? The National Security Adviser under fire for adding journalist to group chat about Yemen strikes

Trump called Waltz a ‘good man’ after news of the group chat snafu broke

The Independent UK

Senate Intelligence Hearing Couldn't Come At Worst Time For GOP Leaders As War Texts Leak Dominates News

Intelligence officials will testify before Congress after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat in which top leaders discussed military plans.

Latin Times

Trump Admin's Signal Group Chat Could have Given Houthis Heads Up About Attack, Retired US General Says

Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey is sounding the alarms about the possible dangers of the Signal group chat as scandal unravels.

Latin Times

Democrats demand answers over White House’s ‘careless’ Signal blunder

Senators interrogate US intelligence community after Atlantic editor was added to group chat on Yemen war plans

The Guardian - US

Trump’s top team slammed for ‘unbelievably stupid’ security breach after Signal group chat leak

Gordon Brown’s former security adviser slammed Trump’s administration for the ‘extraordinary’ breach

The Independent UK

Jesse Watters says security breach is no worse than adding your aunt to a group about ‘raunchy plans for the bachelor party’

Fox News host downplayed the potential security breach of a journalist accidentally being added to a group chat with national security cabinet members

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Fortune

Trump administration's use of disappearing Signal messages to discuss military strikes not allowed under record law, experts say

Senior officials in the Trump administration are under fire after inadvertently sharing secret war plans with a reporter via a Signal group chat.

The Guardian - US

Trump dismisses Signal security failure as ‘the only glitch in two months’

President says national security adviser Mike Waltz, suspected of adding journalist to chat, ‘has learned a lesson’

Latin Times

Trump Dismisses War Texts Leak as 'Not Serious' in Defense of Top Officials: 'Mike Waltz Learned a Lesson'

Donald Trump defended his national security team after a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat discussing military plans, calling it "not serious."

Latin Times

Trump Admin Invokes State Secrets Clause To Avoid Explaining Swift Deportation Of Venezuelans To El Salvador

In a Monday filing, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other DOJ officials argued that disclosing flight details would endanger national security and foreign relations

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The Independent UK

The Latest: Officials hold Senate briefing on national security threats

The Trump administration's top intelligence officials are facing Congress for the start of back-to-back hearings to testify about the threats facing the United States and what the government is doing to counter them

The Independent UK

Desperate Fox News goes into furious spin mode to downplay Yemen war plans leak

‘I think you will come away proud that these are the leaders making these decisions in America,’ Fox News host Will Cain said about the Trump officials who accidentally invited a journalist into an unclassified group chat discussing war plans

The Independent UK

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reveals where he was when he realized Yemen war plans were real

Hegseth denied that he was ‘texting war plans’ even after an administration spokesperson confirmed the group chat’s authenticity

International Business Times

Trump Brushes Off Yemen Chat Breach As A 'Glitch'

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed the accidental addition of a journalist to a group chat about Yemen air strikes as a "glitch" and stood by his top national security team despite the stunning breach.

The Independent UK

‘Heads should roll’: Democrats and Republicans calling for action in the wake of Signal text leak

Jeffrey Goldberg says that 18 national security and cabinet officials – including Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and Marco Rubio – were added to the ‘Houthi PC small group’ chat

The Independent UK

Signal: What is the app in the Trump leak scandal, how safe is it – and can you really add people by accident?

A magazine journalist’s account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive information is supposed to be handled

Salon

War planning by emoji

The people supposedly in charge of our national security celebrated the attacks on the Houthis with memes

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