The Atlantic Publishes Pete Hesgeth’s Texts Detailing Attack Plans, Disputing Trump Claim Signal Chat Did Not Contain ‘Classified’ Info
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor After President Trump and other administration officials denied that a Signal group text about U.S.
attack plans in Yemen that seemingly accidentally included a top editor at The Atlantic did not contain “classified” information, the magazine has published the full text exchange showing Defense Secretary Pete Hesgeth sharing specific details of the planned bombing, including aircraft and weapons that were used in the attack.
On Wednesday morning, The Atlantic published the Signal messages that editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg received from the top-most national security officials of the U.S.
about military strikes in Yemen against Houthi terrorists, when he was inadvertently added by National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to a war planning group chat on Signal.
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