The Signal Leak Has Little Precedent
The military takes extraordinary measures to keep combat operations secret, cutting off outside communications for service members before launching an attack.
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Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated
The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not that military information was shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
Houthis in Yemen Won’t Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say
U.S. officials seek to curb the militants’ attacks on ships in the Red Sea, but the group was not deterred by strikes in the Biden era and won’t be beaten by air power alone, experts say.
Trump Administration Deflects Blame for Leak at Every Turn
President Trump and other officials have given shifting, varied, implausible and sometimes conflicting explanations for how highly sensitive military information was shared in a group chat.
How the White House Uses Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
War plan or battle plan? Classified or not? The answers to those questions amount to a distinction without much of a difference.
After the Signal Leak, How Well Do You Know Your Own Group Chats?
A journalist’s inclusion in a national security discussion served as a reminder that you might not know every number in the chat — and that could be a big problem.
Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon
The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.
Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist
Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.
Republicans in Congress React to Signal Chat Leak With Collective Shrug
A few G.O.P. lawmakers said they would look into the breach, but party leaders largely tempered their criticism of the Trump administration.