At the 2023 Pastors Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, it was revealed that top officials in the Trump administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, shared details of military operations via a group chat on the encrypted app Signal. The National Security Council confirmed the authenticity of the leaked messages which detailed imminent airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. This incident raised significant alarms about national security and the protocol for disseminating sensitive information, especially as these discussions were shared with press personnel such as Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic.
The material in the text chain on the Signal encrypted messaging service "contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Iran-backed Houthi-rebels in Yemen..."
The National Security Council said the text chain "appears to be authentic," reported the Associated Press.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe also sent "information that might be interpreted as related to actual and current intelligence operations..."
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