Senators interrogate US intelligence community after Atlantic editor was added to group chat on Yemen war plansUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators demanded answers from leaders of the US intelligence community on Tuesday on how the top editor of the Atlantic was added to a group chat discussing airstrikes in Yemen, arguing that the “sloppy, careless” leak put national security at risk.The unusual story broke on Monday, when the Atlantic published a piece by its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who said he had been added to the group on the messaging app Signal, and watched as accounts that appeared to match top Trump administration officials, including Vice-President JD Vance and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, debated and then coordinated a wave of bombings targeting the Houthis in Yemen. Continue reading...
Democratic senators demanded answers from US intelligence leaders regarding a security breach where the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was added to a Signal group chat discussing Yemen airstrikes, potentially exposing sensitive military information. Democrats criticized the incident as "sloppy, careless, and incompetent," while intelligence leaders defended their actions, stating communications were permissible and lawful, though the Department of Defense had previously warned against using Signal. Republicans largely avoided public discussion on the matter.