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The fallout from the Signal leak

2025/3/25
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The episode explores the controversy surrounding a Signal chat leak involving senior Trump officials and a journalist. The leak revealed sensitive military plans and raised questions about security protocols.
  • Senior Trump administration officials mistakenly included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in a Signal chat discussing military plans.
  • The chat revealed plans for airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, including specific details on timing and weapons.
  • Democratic senators grilled officials during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the leak and its implications.

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A Tuesday hearing had been previously scheduled for senior Trump administration officials to share an annual global threat assessment with the Senate Intelligence Committee. Instead, Democratic senators spent much of the time grilling them about their involvement in a Signal group chat in which Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic, had been erroneously included. 

Screenshots shared by Goldberg showed top officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussing a U.S. plan to launch airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. They shared precise information about weapons and timing. 

Host Colby Itkowitz is joined by national security reporters Dan Lamothe and Abigail Hauslohner to discuss the security risks this poses and how the administration and Congress are responding. 

Today’s episode was produced by Sabby Robinson and Ted Muldoon, who also mixed the show. It was edited by Lucy Perkins, with help from Peter Bresnan.

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