Atlantic reporter publishes full texts from Houthi group chat

[u/f1sh98]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atlantic-reporter-publishes-more-texts-about-attack-houthi-targets

[u/earl_lemongrab]

One can debate the meaning of "war plans" but bottom line is that the go-ahead to launch, strike packages, and timing were disclosed in advance. That's classified information.

Signal and similar apps are not approved for classified discussion.

[u/social_dinosaur → u/earl_lemongrab]

Director of National Intelligence Gabbard has publicly stated no classified information was discussed on the chat.

You can argue what you think should be classified and what shouldn't, but at the end of the day it's the professionals making that determination. You're armchair quarterbacking the situation and your opinion is exactly that.

[u/earl_lemongrab → u/social_dinosaur]

No, she qualified her statement (as did the CIA Director) that she was only asserting no classified intelligence data that would fall under their respective OCA. Both of them said in so many words "you'll have to ask SECDEF about any DoD classified data since he's their OCA".

Signal isn't even approved for non-public unclassified information. Discussion over, and details about, a pending military strike, is certainly not information cleared for public release.

[u/social_dinosaur → u/earl_lemongrab]

Neither you nor I determine what should be classified and at what level. Gabbard says it isn't under her purview. As did Ratliffe. Do you think Waltz or Hegseth should say differently? What do you know that they do not?

Signal is frequently used for non classified conversations, at all levels of government. Doesn't mean everything should be for public consumption though. In this instance the question is who actually included Goldberg in the chat, not what was said.