Top Republican and Democrat on Senate armed services committee urge inspector general to launch inquiryThe Republican chair and the ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee have written to the acting watchdog of the Department of Defense to demand an investigation into the scandal over how a senior American journalist was added to a Signal app group chat in which top government figures shared details of US airstrikes in Yemen at the weekend.Addressing Steven Stebbins, the acting inspector general at the Pentagon, the senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the committee chair, and the Democratic senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island wrote: “On 11 March 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, was reportedly included on a group chat on the commercially available communications application called Signal, which included members of the National Security Council.” Continue reading...
Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee sent a bipartisan letter to the Pentagon's acting inspector general demanding an investigation into a Signal app group chat leak where a journalist was included and classified information about US airstrikes in Yemen was allegedly shared. The senators request a detailed assessment of the incident, Pentagon policies on such breaches, and recommendations to address potential issues. The National Security Advisor who created the chat and the Defense Secretary who shared sensitive information deny wrongdoing.
