Trump has "full confidence" - previously called for imprisonment
President Donald Trump has "full confidence" in his national security aides, the White House announced according to AFP. Spokesman Brian Hughes has also said that the chat "shows deep and thoughtful policy coordination between high-ranking officials".
During his first term as president, Trump repeatedly said that Hillary Clinton should have been imprisoned for communicating with aides through a private email server as secretary of state.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who participated in the chat about war plans, criticized in 2023 how the Biden administration handled classified documents. If there is no accountability at the top, the US will have "two different legal systems", Hegseth said on Fox News.
Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz, who appears to have been the one who invited The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, expressed similar views as late as 2024, The Guardian notes.
President Donald Trump has "full confidence" in his national security aides, the White House announced according to AFP. Spokesman Brian Hughes has also said that the chat "shows deep and thoughtful policy coordination between high-ranking officials".
During his first term as president, Trump repeatedly said that Hillary Clinton should have been imprisoned for communicating with aides through a private email server as secretary of state.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who participated in the chat about war plans, criticized in 2023 how the Biden administration handled classified documents. If there is no accountability at the top, the US will have "two different legal systems", Hegseth said on Fox News.
Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz, who appears to have been the one who invited The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, expressed similar views as late as 2024, The Guardian notes.
Voices on the war chat
Shock among senior officials: "They violated everything"
Using the app Signal to discuss and plan military operations is a shocking risk to national security, former US officials tell CNN.
- It violated every security procedure known to mankind, says a former intelligence official about the revelation that Donald Trump's closest aides and top ministers discussed war plans against Yemen on the app Signal while accidentally inviting a journalist.
The US has its own communications systems for classified information. Signal is considered relatively secure, but state-sponsored hackers have tried to break into chats, notes CNN.
As recently as last month, Google-owned Mandiant reported that spies with Russian connections tried to break into Signal accounts used by the Ukrainian military by pretending to be contacts on Signal that they knew.
Analysis: Emoji amateurs chosen by Trump on purpose
It is understandable that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was initially skeptical that he had been accidentally invited to a secret war chat. For Donald Trump's highest and most important ministers and aides used emojis of praying hands, the US flag, a fist and a fire in what was an extremely sensitive military discussion, writes Sky News Washington correspondent David Blevins in an analysis.
Donald Trump deliberately chose amateurs for the highest political positions and there are already many examples of problems that have arisen due to their lack of experience, writes Zachary Wolf for CNN.
Part of what happened may be what Trump voters wanted when they voted for a candidate who promised to "clean up the swamp". But no one voted for Goldberg to receive messages with war plans, writes Wolf.
Normally, a security leak like this would lead to dismissals or prison sentences. But it is Congress's job to investigate and it is unclear what will happen now that Republicans have a small majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, Wolf writes for CNN.
It is understandable that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was initially skeptical that he had been accidentally invited to a secret war chat. For Donald Trump's highest and most important ministers and aides used emojis of praying hands, the US flag, a fist and a fire in what was an extremely sensitive military discussion, writes Sky News Washington correspondent David Blevins in an analysis.
Donald Trump deliberately chose amateurs for the highest political positions and there are already many examples of problems that have arisen due to their lack of experience, writes Zachary Wolf for CNN.
Part of what happened may be what Trump voters wanted when they voted for a candidate who promised to "clean up the swamp". But no one voted for Goldberg to receive messages with war plans, writes Wolf.
Normally, a security leak like this would lead to dismissals or prison sentences. But it is Congress's job to investigate and it is unclear what will happen now that Republicans have a small majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, Wolf writes for CNN.
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