The Trump administration is facing political turmoil after the White House confirmed that the reporter was carelessly added to the unstable group chat that US national security officials planned to strike in Yemen.
JEFREY GOLDBERG of the Atlantic Magazine Reported He was obviously included in the signal message group between the members of JD Vance and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth.
He said two hours before the bombs, he saw a military plan for our strike against the HOUTHI rebels, including weapons packages, goals and timing.
The report raised the criticism of the Democratic Party and some Republicans concerns.
Critics require an investigation into leakage
Goldberg said that after receiving a request from a person who looks like a White House national security adviser, Michael Waltz, it was accidentally added to the message chain.
“If they want to choose the wrong phone number, I mean that I was not at least HOUTHIS. In fact, they shared information that they could danger the lives of the American service people who participated in the operation,” he told PBS in an interview.
Donald Trump told reporters that he did not know the Atlantic Knight on Monday afternoon.
“The attack on the heavy teas was very successful and effective,” said Karolin Levitz.
“Trump continues to be convinced of his national security team, including Mike Waltz, a national security adviser.”
The Secretary of Defense also cited success by defending military operations discussed in the dialogue. HegSeth criticized Goldberg as a “deceptive and highly distrust” journalist when he was pressed by reporters and resisted the question about the contents of the message.
Republican lawmaker Mike Johnson said that this violation was a mistake. But chat argued that “the best officials are doing their own.”
Democratic lawmakers cast episodes as national security scandals and demanded an investigation.
“This is one of the most amazing violations of military information I’ve read for a long time.
Roger Wicker, chairman of the Republican Senate Armed Service Committee, said that his panel plans to investigate this issue.
“This is definitely a concern,” he added. “It seems to have made a mistake.”
Vance does not agree with Trump
On March 11, the Atlantic editor -in -chief Goldberg recorded a request for a connection request for a messaging app signal encrypted in an account that was presumed to be Waltz in his article.
He first wondered if the group chat message would be fraudulent four days later until the group chat message sat at the supermarket parking lot on Saturday, March 15.
When he confirmed X for Yemen, he was stunned by the capital of Sana’s explosion.
HOUTHI officials were posted on X at the time of murder. In the US raid.
Signals are generally used by journalists and Washington officials because of the ability to send a nickname and send a message that can send a message.
Two days later, Goldberg said that it was added to the signal chat called “HOUTHI PC Small Group”.
According to Goldberg, a number of accounts that seem to belong to the cabinet members and national security officials were included in 18 chat, Goldberg reported.
An account called “JD Vance”, the name of the vice president; “Pete Hegseth”, Defense Minister; “John Ratcliffe”, a director of the Central Intelligence Agency; It was one of the names of the chain.
Trump’s chief national security officials from various institutions, including Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also appeared.
Goldberg reported that an account called “JD Vance” does not seem to agree with Trump.
The Vance account was written on March 14 at 8:15.
“There is a risk of oil prices in moderation.
“I am willing to support the team’s agreement and try to keep these concerns with myself.
“But there is a powerful claim of delayed in a month and messaging work for why it is important and where the economy is.”
Vance spokesman William Martin said in a statement on the BBC on Monday, “The executive supports the administration’s foreign policy.
Martin said, “The president and vice president have a follow -up conversation on this issue and have received a complete agreement.”
State security reports have confirmed most of the Atlantic report.
Brian Hughes spokesman told the BBC: “The message thread currently reported seems to be authentic, and we are considering how careless numbers have been added to the chain.
“This thread is a demonstration of deep and thoughtful policy adjustments between senior officials.”
The message bombs the ‘pathetic’ Europe
Goldberg reported that civil servants also discussed the possibility of paying US protection costs for major transport lanes.
The account related to Waltz was written on March 14.
At the request of Trump, his team collaborated with the Ministry of Defense and the State Department, saying, “It is a way to decide how to compile related costs and impose to Europeans.”
At some point in the thread, the Vance account would benefit Europeans because of the dependence on shipping lanes.
The user who responded to HegSeth after 3 minutes responded: “VP: I fully share aversion to Europe’s free loading. It’s pathetic.”
