Gabbard, Ratcliffe contend Signal chat did not include classified information

What key Trump players in in Signal chat flap are saying

The White House is continuing to downplay and deflect criticism over a Signal group chat among top Trump administration officials in which plans for an airstrike on Yemen were discussed just before being executed. Democratic lawmakers are demanding an investigation and accusing key Trump defense and national security officials of revealing classified information about the Yemen plans in the March 15 group chat over an encrypted but unsecured app…

"Deliberately False And Misleading": CIA Director Obliterates And Hammers The Media's Anti-Pete Hegseth Smear Job - The American Tribune.com

During a fiery series of remarks before the House Intelligence Committee, CIA Director John Ratcliffe sounded off on The Atlantic and exposed its supposed report on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s irresponsibility as a ridiculous smear job. That angry obliteration of the woke magazine came when Ratcliffe said the Signal group chat texts published by The Atlantic show that no “classified information” was transmitted. As background, The Atlant…

Gabbard, Patel defend controversial surveillance powers in Senate committee hearing

Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are both defending FISA Section 702, a warrantless surveillance authority that has long been a lightning rod for civil liberties concerns.

Gabbard concedes 'a mistake'

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday it was a "mistake" for national security officials to discuss sensitive military plans on a group text chain that also included a journalist — a leak that roiled President Donald…

Trump administration deflects blame for Yemen group chat leak at every turn

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had used Signal, an unclassified commercial app, to share attack plans.

Signal App Is Pre-Installed on Government Devices, Gabbard Testifies

As Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced a second day of questioning regarding a leaked Trump administration text conversation about military strikes in Yemen, she testified that the Signal messaging app used in the chat “comes pre-installed on government devices.” Lawmakers have raised questions about the Signal app after The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was inadvertently added to a text conversat…