The Atlantic on the attacks: “An obvious strategy”
The attempts to defame and discredit The Atlantic, the newspaper's editor-in-chief and its reporting are “an obvious strategy” by elected politicians and other powerful people who are hostile to journalists and the right to free speech, The Atlantic writes in a recent statement.
Jeffrey Goldberg is The Atlantic's editor-in-chief and the journalist who exposed the war chat. On Tuesday, Donald Trump said Goldberg is a “complete pile of shit”.
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Goldberg.
– We are talking about a fraudulent and deeply discredited so-called “journalist” who has repeatedly made it his job to spread lies, Hegseth said.
Given up in Europe after the leak: "Undiplomatic splendor"
The hope that JD Vance and his colleagues were only aggressive towards Europe in public but more understanding in private disappeared with the chat leak, EU diplomats tell Politico.
It is thought-provoking to see how they talk about Europe when they think no one is listening but at the same time the chat is not surprising, says one diplomat:
- It is just that now we get to see their reasoning in all its undiplomatic splendor.
From the British side, anger is aroused by the claims of "parasitism". The UK has participated in several attacks against the Houthi rebels and is also said to have participated with support in the latest American attacks.
“Our forces risked their lives to protect trade. Some in DC need to be reminded of that,” writes former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on X.
Source with insight: Hegseth shared top secret information
Information shared by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Trump Summit's war chat was top secret at the time he wrote it. Especially since the operation being discussed had not yet begun, a US defense source with insight into the operation and other sources told CNN.
The defense source says the information Hegseth shared is a type of real-time briefing that a commander typically gives his president in a strictly classified environment while the operation is underway.
– It is safe to say that anyone in uniform would be court-martialed for this, says the defense source, who believes that information of this type endangers the lives and safety of the soldiers who carry out the attacks.
In addition to Hegseth, the chat, to which The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was invited by mistake, also included Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
The leaders discussed an upcoming attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen, and messages in the chat included details about when fighter jets would take off and where certain targets were located.
The attempts to defame and discredit The Atlantic, the newspaper's editor-in-chief and its reporting are “an obvious strategy” by elected politicians and other powerful people who are hostile to journalists and the right to free speech, The Atlantic writes in a recent statement.
Jeffrey Goldberg is The Atlantic's editor-in-chief and the journalist who exposed the war chat. On Tuesday, Donald Trump said Goldberg is a “complete pile of shit”.
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Goldberg.
– We are talking about a fraudulent and deeply discredited so-called “journalist” who has repeatedly made it his job to spread lies, Hegseth said.
Given up in Europe after the leak: "Undiplomatic splendor"
The hope that JD Vance and his colleagues were only aggressive towards Europe in public but more understanding in private disappeared with the chat leak, EU diplomats tell Politico.
It is thought-provoking to see how they talk about Europe when they think no one is listening but at the same time the chat is not surprising, says one diplomat:
- It is just that now we get to see their reasoning in all its undiplomatic splendor.
From the British side, anger is aroused by the claims of "parasitism". The UK has participated in several attacks against the Houthi rebels and is also said to have participated with support in the latest American attacks.
“Our forces risked their lives to protect trade. Some in DC need to be reminded of that,” writes former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on X.
Source with insight: Hegseth shared top secret information
Information shared by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Trump Summit's war chat was top secret at the time he wrote it. Especially since the operation being discussed had not yet begun, a US defense source with insight into the operation and other sources told CNN.
The defense source says the information Hegseth shared is a type of real-time briefing that a commander typically gives his president in a strictly classified environment while the operation is underway.
– It is safe to say that anyone in uniform would be court-martialed for this, says the defense source, who believes that information of this type endangers the lives and safety of the soldiers who carry out the attacks.
In addition to Hegseth, the chat, to which The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was invited by mistake, also included Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
The leaders discussed an upcoming attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen, and messages in the chat included details about when fighter jets would take off and where certain targets were located.
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