All posts tagged "Signal Leak"

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tried to steer a interview with CNN's Boris Sanchez away from the big story of the day — whether there should be consequences for the war plan chat about an airstrike on Yemen with top defense officials that inadvertently included a journalist.

But Sanchez wasn't having it.

The anchor had asked why senior officials like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe should have discussed the details of a sensitive bombing operation outside of classified government computer systems. ...

Neither the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard nor CIA Director John Ratcliffe would give definitive answers on the Signal war plans leak that dominated Tuesday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

Gabbard refused to confirm that she was even on the group chat, while neither she nor Ratcliffe would confirm whether the nature of the information shared were either "war plans" or "classified."

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) posted to X, "YA’LL!!!! What is wrong with these people?! @ODNI Director Gabbard refuses to say whether or not it was on a private or issued phone. … AND @CIADirector Ratcliffe is trying to get his mind right— 'I think that’s consistent with my recollection.'"...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fell back on the Trump administration's talking point that the Signal chat leaked to a journalist about a missile strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen did not contain classified information.

Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee oversight hearing Tuesday, along with CIA director John Ratcliffe. Both were believed to have been part of the Signal chat detailed by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg on Monday.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) pressed Gabbard, "So, then, if there are no classified materials, share it with the committee. ...