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Maria Villarroel

Trump Admin's Signal Group Chat Could have Given Houthis Heads Up About Attack, Retired US General Says

Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey is sounding the alarms about the possible dangers of the Signal group chat as scandal unravels. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey is sounding the alarms about the possible dangers the Signal group chat that was used to discuss military plans could have brought to national security. "You are also explaining to the Houthis what targets you are after," he said about the incident.

McCaffrey, a retired U.S. Army General and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, went on MSNBC on Monday to discuss the "egregious" scandal in which The Atlantic's Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a group chat in the encrypted messaging app Signal, where top administration officials were discussing classified military strategies.

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