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U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.”
Editor-in-Chief Goldberg wrote in an article for The Atlantic magazine
The information contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the United States, could conceivably have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, particularly in the broader Middle East, Central Command’s area of responsibility,
Goldberg statedAt this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,
National Security Council Spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement
Joe Kent for [the Director of National Intelligence]."
Another user identifed as "JD Vance" chimed in with who would represent the "VP," and one minute later, someone with the initials "TG" wrote
Mike Needham for State."
A minute after "Michael Waltz" sent the message, a Signal user identified as "MAR" wroteTeam – establishing a principles [sic] group for coordination on Houthis, particularly for over the next 72 hours. My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the [Situation Room] this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening."
Someone identified on Signal as "Michael Waltz" sent the following message to the group, according to Goldberg
We are prepared to execute, and if I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should,
Hegseth wrote, according to Goldberg