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Gabbard says it was a mistake journalist was added to Signal chat
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard attends a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. / REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on March 26 it was a mistake that the editor of The Atlantic was added to a Signal messaging chat discussing sensitive war plans.
Gabbard also told a House of Representatives hearing on Worldwide Threats, which was scheduled before the news of the chat, that she would be somewhat constrained in her ability to discuss the incident because of a lawsuit filed over the case.
It was the second straight day of testimony, after a heated session in the Senate where Democrats - and some of Trump's fellow Republicans - called for accountability and the officials insisted the chat on Signal, an encrypted commercial messaging app, had not included classified information.
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Screenshots released by the Atlantic, whose editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included in the chat, showed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for the planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15 along with details of further U.S. airstrikes that would normally be closely guarded secrets.
"This is classified information," Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois said, calling for Hegseth's resignation. "It's a weapons system as well as sequence of strikes, as well as details about the operations."
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