United States government group chat leak
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From March 11 to 15, a group of United States national security leaders made a group chat on the Signal app about the military operations in Yemen. The members were Vice President JD Vance, White House staff, three Cabinet secretaries, and the leaders of two Intelligence Community agencies. That happened hours before the attacks. Signal-gate [and Signalgate] is another name of the controversy.[1]
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Mike Waltz accidentally added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic. Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense used the group chat to share information about the airstrikes in Yemen.[2]
The kind of information that was shared (in group chat), is called concept of operation.[3] However, some media say that war plans were leaked.
The number of people who were part of the chat, is thought to be [c.] 18; In mid-April, Dan Caldwell (advisor) was put on administrative leave; He was one of the people, that was on group chat.[4]
Reactions
[change | change source]Mike Waltz has said that he takes responsibility for the leak.[5]
On April 3, U.S. authorities said that Pentagon will start an investigation.[6] Earlier that month, media said that the "Senate Armed Services Committee [ picture] ... have launched a ... probe into the" group chat leak.[7]
No one had lost their job (as a result of the controversy, as of the last week of March).[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "GOP goes on the defensive on Signal-gate". Punchbowl News. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ Burns, Dasha; Messerly, Megan; Detsch, Jack (2025-03-26). "'A lot of people's BS meters are going to go off': GOP deals with Signalgate". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ Toosi, Nahal (2025-03-27). "'This Is Completely Insane': A Reality Check About the Signal Chat Leak". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ https://newrepublic.com/post/194042/pete-hegeth-adviser-signal-chat-dan-caldwell-leave-defense. Retrieved 2025-04-16
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Traylor, Jake (2025-03-26). "Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: 'I always thought it was Mike'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ↑ https://www.dagbladet.no/studio/nyhetsstudio/687?post=180279. Retrieved 2025-04-04
- ↑ Detsch, Jack; McLeary, Paul; Stokols, Eli (2025-03-27). "Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth's growing pile of mistakes". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
