Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of ‘The Atlantic’.
Washington: A major mistake has been revealed by the US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth and other senior National Security Officers last month for leaking information about the attacks on Huti rebels in Yemen. US security officials have admitted that Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Atlantic’, was accidentally included in a group chat used to coordinate air strikes against Huti rebels. However, President Donald Trump and US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth have denied the leak of information.
Goldberg was included in the group on ‘Signal’
Goldberg wrote in an article for ‘The Atlantic’ magazine that ‘the US National Security Leaders included me in a group chat set up on military attacks in Yemen. I did not know that it could be true. After this, the bombs started falling. Goldberg was included in the group formed on ‘Signal’, which is an open-sourced messaging app. According to the Atlantic story ‘The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans’ published on Monday, he was linked by a person who described his identity as NSA Michael Waltz of President Donald Trump.
‘I knew about the attack 2 hours ago’
According to Goldberg, the group conversation included ‘details related to the upcoming attacks on Yemen, including the goals, information about the arms deployed by the US and the sequence of the attack’. It included messages from Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth. Goldberg claimed that he came to know about the attacks and bombings on Yemen 2 hours before the government officials were made public due to the messages received in the group chat.
Goldberg said, “If any opponent of America had read the information inherent in them, it might have been used to harm American military and intelligence personnel, especially in the Middle East, which is in the area with the Central Command.” Earlier this month, the US Army launched an aggressive campaign against Iran -backed Huti rebels in Yemen, a terrorist organization. Explain that the huts have blocked international maritime trade for more than a year.
National Security Council broke silence
Meanwhile, officials of the US Department of Defense have handed over the investigation to the National Security Council. NSC spokesman Brian Hughes admitted in a statement that ‘the reported message thread seems authentic’. He said that they are investigating how a phone number was accidentally added. Hughes said that in the conversation ‘intensive and thoughtful policy coordination has been talked among senior officials’. However, he ensured that there was no risk for US soldiers or national security amidst the continuous success of the operation against Huti rebels.
Which rules of America were ignored?
Goldberg may have been accidentally or deliberately included in the group chat, but the authorities are believed to have violated the rules of sensitive data, secret military information and government record maintenance. According to Goldberg, senior leaders expressed concern about Trump’s Middle East approach and expressed regret over the inaction of European colleagues in the region. Apart from this, he said that Hegseth assured people in the group about privacy despite using the open-source platform and unknowingly include a journalist.
Who is Jeffrey Goldberg?
Jeffrey Goldberg is a well -known journalist. Goldberg’s career has been equally spectacular even before working for ‘The Atlantic’. He worked for ‘The New Yorker’ as a reporter in the Middle East and then Washington. Additionally, he published 15 cover story for ‘The New York Times’ magazine. His career in the media began as a police reporter for ‘The Washington Post’.
Goldberg’s book ‘Prince: A Story of Friendship and Terror’ as a writer reflects his deep interest in international conflicts, diplomatic efforts and security challenges. Along with being a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, he has won several honors, including the Overseas Press Club Award, Daniel Pearl Award and the National Magazine Award for Reporting.
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