In the middle of a context of growing tension with Yemen, the government of The United States made an unusual mistake and shared the plans for attacks against the hutis to The Atlantic magazinewhich means an important violation of national security.
The editor in head of the medium, Jeffrey Goldberg, said Monday that he was added, without having requested it, to a chain of high positions on the Signal platform, where there were also names such as the vice president JD Vancethe secretary of PETE HEGSET DEFENSE and the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. There were detailed the attacks that would be carried out in Yemen earlier this month. In addition, the vice president himself questioned the decision of Donald Trump to perpetrate this attack.
“The world found out shortly before two in the afternoon, time of the eastof March 15 that the United States was bombing huti goals in everything Yemen“, He began writing. However, he said that he learned” two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack could be about to occur. “
For its part, the administration of Donald Trump said that “eliminated” in those bombings to multiple leaders of the Hutíes, a group backed by Iran and that has launched attacks against ships that cross the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
The National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes confirmed to The New York Post that the Signal chat that included Goldberg. “It seems to be an authentic message chain “and added that they are” reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain”
However, he stressed that this “chain is a demonstration of the deep and reflective political coordination between senior officials“And that the success of the mission” demonstrates that There were no threats to troops or national security”
The chat included, Goldberg said, someone identified only as “SEA”, the same initials of the secretary of Frame Rubio state; the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe; The special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff; The Chief of White House personnel, Susie Wiles; Someone called “SM”, which is believed to be the Subpire of White House Personnel for politics, Stephen Miller; And someone called “TG”, that Goldberg believes that she is the director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
The messages between senior US officials about Yemen’s attack: JD Vance questioned Donald Trump’s actions
The journalist also revealed that on March 13, Waltz He instructed Chat participants, called “small hutí pc group“To provide the best point of contact of your team to Help with correspondence during that next weekend.
“Team, this morning they should have a Declaration of conclusions with the tasks entrusted by the President”, Waltz sent, using the term “High Side” to refer to classified computer systems.
In the conversation, Vance expressed his suspicion about the attacks. “I think we are making an error“, wrote.
“He [tres] percent of US trade passes through it [Canal de Suez]. 40% of European trade yes“Said the vice president.” There is a real risk that the public does not understand this or why it is necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as he said Potus [el presidente de EEUU], Send a message”
“I am not sure that the president is aware of The incoherent that this is with his message about Europe at the moment“Vance added.” There is an additional risk of seeing a Moderate to severe rebound in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and reserve these concerns. But there are weight arguments to delay this for a month, do messaging work on why this matters, see where the economy is, etc., ”he warned.
Hegesh, Secretary of Defense, said he understood Vance’s “concerns”, especially considering that much of the Americans do not know more details of the hutis. In this way, he considered that they should maintain speech centered on two main points: “Biden failed and Iran financed them.” The head of the Pentagon was in favor of moving forward with an attack, underlining The importance of not seems undecided.
The attack was finally made. However, the revelation that a journalist was included in a chat about attack plans, unleashed doubts about the Communications security in the White House.
On the end of his article, Goldberg, who decided not to cite the entire content of the messages, warned: “If it had been read by an adversary of the United States, it could have been used to damage the American military and intelligence personnel, especially in the wide medium East, a area of responsibility of the central command. What I will say Hegseth contained operational details of upcoming attacks against Yemen, including information on objectives, weapons that the United States would display and attack sequences. ”
Subsequently, Goldberg retired from the group chat and contacted officials such as Waltz, Hegseth and Gabbardto warn what had happened.
Source: Ambito
