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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Why the Signal chat leak might have exposed a big legal problem for Trump administration

The stunning revelation that The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to a group chat detailing recent airstrikes in Yemen has called into question the U.S. government’s ability to safeguard sensitive information and has exposed a potentially big legal problem.

President Donald Trump said it was “not a serious glitch” that Jeffery Goldberg was inadvertently added to a Signal chat group with national security adviser Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, where they discussed sensitive military operations.

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