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NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat: Report

The "Signalgate" scandal erupted after National Security Advisor Mike Waltz inadvertently included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal group chat where top US officials discussed sensitive military plans, including potential strikes against Yemen's Houthi forces.
Waltz's creation of the unsecured Signal group chat, which included figures such as Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, led to accusations of recklessness and incompetence, raising concerns about breaches of national security and federal record-keeping laws.
The chat contained operational details about targets, weapons, and the sequencing of attacks on Yemen, with Hegseth texting "Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch" on March 15, ahead of a military operation that resulted in at least 53 deaths in Yemen.
While the White House denied that any classified information was shared and President Trump downplayed the incident, calling it "embarrassing but simple" and labeling Goldberg a "sleaze bag," critics in Congress, including Senators Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden, and Mark Warner, condemned the incident as reckless, with Warner stating, "When the stakes are this high, incompetence is not an option."
The scandal has triggered a civil war within the White House, calls for resignations of officials like Waltz and Hegseth, probes from the House of Representatives, and continued questioning of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe regarding whether proper national security procedures were followed, despite their testimony that no secrets were disclosed.

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