An American journalist was mistakenly included in a group chat in which top national security officials for Donald Trump shared plans for upcoming military strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of American magazine The Atlantic, reported on Monday that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added him to a Signal message group earlier this month.
In the group, Waltz is reported to have convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen who had been threatening international shipping in the Red Sea.
The messages started with a discussion about when the action should be launched, Goldberg said.
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