Atlantic's Signal Story Is Falling Apart: Jeffrey Goldberg Walking Back His "War Plans" Description

Posted • March 25, 2025: So, what the hell is this story now? It’s a warning that perhaps more administrative due diligence should be applied when creating these group chats on encrypted and secure messenger apps. Still, while alarming at first, the hubbub is dying down quickly. This story in The Atlantic that secret war plans were disclosed to known anti-Trump fake news writer Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the group, is falling apart faster than a skiff made of paper. Oh gee wow it's Jeffrey Goldberg already walking back his "war plans" description. Now it sounds more like a check-in of which Houthis were about to receive ordinance and with what weapons systems…And a weather update. Two hours early. —— There were no war plans. We have a bunch of top officials speaking candidly and in generalities about anti-Houthi operations. These were unclassified discussions, and Signal is an approved app. Biden’s people used it. It was already downloaded on the devices of the principals involved. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was on those chats—no classified information was disclosed. (…)

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