Trump's Yemen Strike Plans Leaked to Journalist in Signal Chat Mishap
March 24, 2025A journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal chat group of senior Trump administration officials discussing a forthcoming military strike on the Houthis in Yemen, revealing a potential national security breach.
In a startling incident of national security oversight, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, found himself part of a confidential Signal chat group named ‘Houthi PC Small Group.’ The group, consisting of high-profile Trump administration officials including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, was discussing plans for an imminent attack on the Houthis, an Iran-backed group in Yemen known for disrupting maritime traffic in the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.