White House Said It Opposed The Atlantic Releasing War Plans Conversation; The Editor-In-Chief Did It Anyway

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration did not encourage the release of messages sent in a Signal group chat, but there was no classified information shared. (Credit: Getty Images)

Despite denying that classified information was ever shared on a messaging app used by top U.S. intelligence officers, the White House said it opposed The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg's question about whether sharing screenshots from the conversation after he was accidentally included in a group chat to discuss military attacks in Yemen. Goldberg went ahead and published them anyway.

The Signal scandal is ongoing. On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to a request for comment from Goldberg, doubling down that the messages shared on Signal were not classified, yet they should not have been made public either.