The White House has had various answers as it responds to the controversy surrounding a Signal group chat about strikes against the Houthis in which a journalist was errantly added.
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reported on Monday he was inadvertently added to a Signal chat with several senior Trump administration officials earlier this month where attacks on the Houthis were discussed. He subsequently reported on Wednesday details he had omitted, including messages in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the timeline for strikes planned on Houthi targets before they were publicly announced.
The chat included national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, among others.
The apparent security lapse has led to an avalanche of questions being…
