U.S. Officials Accidentally Send Secret Plans to Journalist!
Imagine sending a top-secret message to the wrong person! 😱 That’s exactly what happened when some U.S. officials accidentally added a journalist to their secret group chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance were chatting about upcoming plans for strikes in Yemen. They were discussing important details about the targets and when the strikes would happen. But oops! A journalist named Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic magazine was included in the chat by mistake!
The White House confirmed that they are looking into how this happened. National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said they are reviewing how an “inadvertent number” got added to the chat.
President Donald Trump announced the strikes on March 15. But because of the mix-up, Jeffrey Goldberg knew about them hours before they happened! 😮 He knew when and where the strikes would take place.
Thankfully, Jeffrey didn’t share the secret plans before they happened. But this mistake could have been really serious if he did.
Some people are not happy about this big security slip. Senator Chuck Schumer called it “one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence” in a long time. Others are calling for a full investigation to find out how this could happen.
When asked about it, Defense Secretary Hegseth didn’t take responsibility. Instead, he said that “nobody was texting war plans,” even though the White House confirmed the mistake.
This situation shows how important it is to be careful with secret information. Even grown-ups in high places can make mistakes! Let’s hope they fix this problem so it doesn’t happen again.
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U.S. officials' Yemen strike plans leaked in security breach
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