Latest Signal Leak Revelations Expose Officials' Lies About What Was Seen by the Atlantic

The disclosure by the Atlantic of further devastating messages from the Signal chat group used by the Trump administration's most senior security officials has nailed the lie that nothing that threatened the safety of US servicemen and women was shared on the group.

- Peter Beaumont

After the vague and evasive assertions by Trump officials at Monday's Senate intelligence committee hearing from the White House, and from US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, that no war plans or classified material was shared, readers can make up their own mind.

The Atlantic initially took the Trump administration at its word that there was nothing classified in the exchanges, but the issue of classification now looks like something of a red herring.

Despite Hegseth's angry denial, the exchanges in the leaked group chat did contain details of war planning, shared recklessly by him in advance of the attack on 15 March, on a messaging system and perhaps devices which he could not have been certain were secure.

Most damning is that Hegseth sent details in advance of the aircraft that would take part in the attack, including the timings, and other assets that would be deployed.