Signal war plans messages disappear from CIA director's phone

Most voters want heads to roll for war plan leak

In one of the dumbest national security breaches in recent memory, top Trump administration officials discussed war plans in a group chat on the messaging app Signal—in the presence of a reporter ...

CIA Scanned the Agency Head's Phone After 'Signalgate' for Evidence of War Plan Chats. Here's What They Discovered

CIA Director John Ratcliffe's phone was searched after the 'Signalgate' group chat controversy for evidence of war plan discussions. The CIA's chief data officer shares his alleged findings in new court documents

Signal war plans messages disappear from CIA director's phone

Hurley Blankenship, CIA's chief data officer, said "substantive messages" were not present.

CIA Director’s Messages in Leaked Signal Chat Were Deleted, Agency Says

All of the messages from a leaked group chat have been deleted from the phone of John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, the agency said in a court filing. Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, created a chat group and invited cabinet members and their aides to discuss the administration’s plans to strike Houthi militia targets in Yemen last month. But Mr. Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, who …