The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth, sent a text message at the start time for a planned murder of an Hutí fighter in Yemen on March 15, as well as other details of imminent waves of US strikes, according to a screenshot of a text chat published by The Atlantic On Wednesday.
Hegseth repeatedly denied sending text messages to war plans, since the administration of President Donald Trump tries to contain the consequences of the revelations included The Atlantic The editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat about the application of the messaging application encrypted with the most important national security advisors of Trump to coordinate Yemen.
Trump’s administration said Tuesday that no information classified in the Chat, disconcerting Democrats and former US officials, who consider guidance information such as some of the most closely maintained materials before an American military campaign was not shared.
Goldberg, who had initially refused to publish the details of the chat, did it on Wednesday.
Hegseth’s text included these details, according to The Atlantic: 1215et: F-18S launch (first strike package) 1345: Starts by the first F-18 attack window based on the trigger (Target Terrorist is its known location, so it should also arrive on time, Strike Drones Lunch (MQ-9S)
The senior National Security officials of the United States have classified systems that are destined to be used to communicate secret materials.
The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, declared on Tuesday that security advisor Mike Waltz established the signal chat for un classified coordination and that the equipment “would provide more information on the high side for the communication of the high side.”
