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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

MAGA group chat storm: Number 10 says it's 'not appropriate' to share classified information on Signal

Classified information has to be “communicated across appropriate secure systems”, Downing Street has said after it was revealed top US officials had texted plans for strikes against Houthi rebels to a group chat that had accidentally included a journalist.

Senior American government officials, including the defence secretary and national security adviser, messaged plans for an attack on Yemen using the messaging app Signal, it was reported on Monday night.

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