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Extraordinary security breach as Trump cabinet lets journalist into confidential war chat group

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March 25, 2025

Senior members of Donald Trump's cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discussing secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.

- Peter Beaumont

Extraordinary security breach as Trump cabinet lets journalist into confidential war chat group

In an extraordinary blunder, key figures in the Trump administration - including the vice president, JD Vance, the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard - used the chat app Signal to convene and discuss plans - while also including a prominent journalist in the group.

Signal is not approved by the US government for sharing sensitive information. Others in the chat included the Trump adviser Stephen Miller, Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and the envoy Steve Witkoff.

The breach was revealed in an article yesterday by Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, who found he had been included in a Signal chat called "Houthi PC small group" and realised that the 18 other members included cabinet members.

Goldberg said he removed sensitive material from his account of the incident, including the identity of a senior CIA officer and current operational details.

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