A serious security lapse within the Trump administration has come to light after top officials reportedly disclosed classified military plans in a private messaging group that included a journalist. The revelation, first reported by The Atlantic, has sparked outrage among Democratic lawmakers, who are calling for an investigation into what they deem a grave breach of U.S.
national security laws.According to The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, he was unexpectedly added to an encrypted Signal chat group on March 13, named the "Houthi PC small group." The group included high-ranking national security officials, among them National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who assigned his deputy, Alex Wong, the task of forming a "tiger team" to strategize U.S.
action against the Houthis.
Just two days later, on March 15, President Donald Trump ordered large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis in response to their attacks on Red Sea shipping.
