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The Signal chat blunder has shaken Washington. Except in the White House where it’s brushed off

Trump and his aides are now describing accurate reporting on a national security breach as a ‘hoax’

The Independent UK

Is Jeffrey Goldberg legally allowed to release the Signal messages he received?

Goldberg published vague information about the attacks in Yemen more than a week after they occurred

The Independent UK

Ratcliffe, the CIA director, defends group chat that inadvertently included a journalist

The former Texas congressman says his communication in the chat was lawful and did not include classified information.

The Texas Tribune

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What Is Signal And Is It Secure?

Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that is considered one of the most secure in the world by security professionals, but was never intended to be the go-to choice for White House officials planning a military operation.

International Business Times

Pentagon warned staffers against using Signal before White House chat leak

Bulletin sent on 18 March said Russian hackers could access messages as Trump officials now downplay blunder

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on the Signal war plans leak: a US security breach speaks volumes

Editorial: A staggering blunder points to the wider failings of the careless and amateurish Trump administration

The Guardian - UK

Top Trump Official Was In Russia While War Plans Were Being Discussed On Signal

Special envoy Steve Witkoff was in Russia while top officials were discussing war plans on Signal, according to flight records

Latin Times

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Democrats pounce on Signal chat scandal

At a hearing Tuesday, Senate Democrats pressed Trump officials to explain why they were texting about war plans

Salon

Lives at risk if UK fails to review intelligence sharing with US, say Lib Dems

MPs call for comprehensive review after White House inadvertently shares Yemen war plans with journalist

The Guardian - UK

Senator Rips John Ratcliffe For Not Knowing How Journalist Ended Up in Signal Chat: 'You're The CIA Director!'

The tense exchange took place at Senate Intelligence Committee public hearing on global threats facing the United States

Latin Times

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.

Latin Times

Democrats demand answers over White House’s ‘careless’ Signal blunder

Senators interrogate US intelligence community after Atlantic editor was added to group chat on Yemen war plans

The Guardian - US

Tulsi Gabbard Dodges Democrat's Questions on Alleged Involvement in War Plans Texts: 'I Don't Want to Get Into This'

Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refused to confirm or deny participation in a group text where senior Trump officials reportedly discussed US war plans for Yemen.

Latin Times

Trump’s top team slammed for ‘unbelievably stupid’ security breach after Signal group chat leak

Gordon Brown’s former security adviser slammed Trump’s administration for the ‘extraordinary’ breach

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Is Signal that secure? What the experts think about Trump admin’s war plans leak

‘This is one more example of the kind of sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior, particularly toward classified information,’ Democratic senator says

The Independent UK

Jesse Watters says security breach is no worse than adding your aunt to a group about ‘raunchy plans for the bachelor party’

Fox News host downplayed the potential security breach of a journalist accidentally being added to a group chat with national security cabinet members

Fortune

Trump administration's use of disappearing Signal messages to discuss military strikes not allowed under record law, experts say

Senior officials in the Trump administration are under fire after inadvertently sharing secret war plans with a reporter via a Signal group chat.

The Independent UK

Top Democrat calls for Hegseth and Waltz to resign and shreds Gabbard over Signal war talk leak

Mark Warner says Trump administration officials failed ‘security hygiene 101’

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The Independent UK

Trump administration refuses to answer judge’s questions over El Salvador deportation flights, citing ‘state secrets’

Officials tell Judge Boasberg that ‘no further information will be provided’ after a weeklong standoff

The Independent UK

The Latest: Officials hold Senate briefing on national security threats

The Trump administration's top intelligence officials are facing Congress for the start of back-to-back hearings to testify about the threats facing the United States and what the government is doing to counter them

The Independent UK

Desperate Fox News goes into furious spin mode to downplay Yemen war plans leak

‘I think you will come away proud that these are the leaders making these decisions in America,’ Fox News host Will Cain said about the Trump officials who accidentally invited a journalist into an unclassified group chat discussing war plans

The Guardian - UK

White House security leak: who’s who in the Signal group chat

Defense secretary, US vice-president and senior Trump advisers wrote openly about the strikes on Yemen

The Guardian - UK

It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen

We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Latin Times

Ted Cruz Distances Himself From Trump Admin's Defense of War Texts Leak: 'This Was Obviously a Mess'

While the senator called the situation a mess, he also defended the Trump administration's handling of the incident

Euronews

Democrats call for US Defence Secretary Hegseth to resign over Signal group chat leak

Senior figures have expressed disbelief and outrage after a journalist revealed that he was sent sensitive information about military strikes in Yemen.

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