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Details released by media outlet include the times of strikes and the types of aircraft being used.
Published On 26 Mar 2025
The Atlantic has published what it said were the “attack plans” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels that were shared by top United States government officials in a group chat, which inadvertently included the media outlet’s editor-in-chief.
The release on Wednesday came after the administration of President Donald Trump sought to downplay the significance of the texts shared on the Signal messaging app, according to The Atlantic.
The newly published messages, which were sent on March 15, appear to have been sent by an account seeming to belong to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
They include the times of strikes and the types of aircraft being used against Houthi targets in Yemen.
Reporting from Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan said the Trump administration will now have to explain how the release of these details does not constitute a violation of US laws on the handling of classified materials.
She explained that Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, said he published the chat messages “because he said the Trump administration is not taking responsibility for what it did”.
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