The Atlantic has released more messages from a Signal group chat of U.S. government officials discussing sensitive war plans in Yemen. The magazine's editor Jeffrey Goldberg published the transcript after top members of the Trump administration claimed there was no classified information in the chat and attacked his journalistic integrity.
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00:00As the Trump administration attempted to downplay the contents of a leaked Signal group chat,
00:05the journalist at the center of the storm has released more proof.
00:09Atlantic Magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently included in the chat amongst
00:14the 18 senior cabinet leaders discussing impending strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen.
00:22Goldberg shared a thread of messages with highly sensitive information, including details
00:27about the target of the attack, launch times and specific weapons to be used.
00:32He claims he chose to publish this new information after the Trump administration attacked his
00:36journalistic integrity, claiming he lied about its contents.
00:40But the mainstream media continues to be focused on a sensationalized story from the failing
00:46Atlantic Magazine that is falling apart by the hour.
00:50We have said all along that no classified material was sent on this messaging thread.
00:56There were no locations, no sources or methods revealed, and there were certainly no war
01:01plans discussed.
01:03The fresh revelations have prompted some senior Trump officials to acknowledge the debacle
01:07was due to human error, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and
01:11Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who both participated in the chat.
01:15Obviously someone made a mistake.
01:18Someone made a big mistake and added a journalist.
01:21Nothing against journalists, but you ain't supposed to be on that thing.
01:24But both Rubio and Gabbard continue to insist there was no classified information shared.
01:30That's something military experts and Democrats disagree with, saying the information could
01:35have risked the lives of both American service members and civilians if they'd been attained
01:39by a U.S. adversary.
01:42Democrats are pushing for there to be consequences for the major security breach.
01:46Secretary Hagseth has disclosed military plans as well as classified information.
01:51He needs to resign immediately.
01:53He needs to resign immediately and a full investigation needs to be undertaken with
01:58regard to whether other similar signal chats are occurring in this administration.
02:05National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has taken responsibility for creating the signal group,
02:09but claims he didn't have the journalist's number to have added him to the chat.
02:13U.S. President Donald Trump has not signaled any repercussions, instead continuing to downplay
02:18the situation, labeling it not a big deal.
02:22How do you bring Hagseth into it?
02:23He had nothing to do.
02:24Look, look, it's all a witch hunt.
02:27Here we are talking about some of the greatest business deals ever made.
02:30The greatest companies in the world are moving into the United States and you want to ask
02:34about whether or not signal works.
02:36The White House says the National Security Council and Elon Musk's team are looking
02:39into how the journalist was included in the chat, still refusing to acknowledge the magnitude
02:44of the breach and pushing back against taking any meaningful action in response to this
02:48national security blunder.
02:50Dolphine Chen and Rosie Greninger for Taiwan Plus.