Message Contained Details on Weapons, Targets, and Timing of the Attack, Says The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg
Washington (International Desk) – The administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump mistakenly sent a confidential Yemen war plan to a senior journalist from an American magazine.
This claim was made by Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic. According to Goldberg, while the world learned about the U.S. airstrikes on Yemen at 2:00 PM Eastern Time on March 15, he had already received this information two hours earlier. He revealed that this was due to an error by then-Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who mistakenly sent him a text message containing the entire war plan at precisely 11:44 AM. The message included details about the types of weapons, designated targets, and the exact timing of the attack.
Goldberg further stated that on March 11, he received a connection request on the Signal messaging application from someone named Michael Waltz. Initially, he assumed this individual to be a national security advisor to President Trump, though he was uncertain if it was indeed the same person. He mentioned that he had previously met Michael Waltz but found it highly unusual for the Trump administration to reach out to him, given that President Trump had, at times, exhibited a rather cold attitude toward him in the past.
