The White House on Wednesday accused The Atlantic of sensationalizing the content of additional “attack plans” messages that the outlet released after administration officials denied sharing classified information in a Signal group chat that its reporter was inadvertently added to. The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat of top …
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TheWhiteHouseonWednesdayaccusedTheAtlanticofsensationalizingthecontentofadditional“attackplans”messagesthattheoutletreleasedafteradministrationofficialsdeniedsharingclassifiedinformationinaSignalgroupchatthatitsreporterwasinadvertentlyaddedto.
TheAtlantic’seditor-in-chief,JeffreyGoldberg,wasmistakenlyaddedtoaSignalgroupchatoftopTrumpmilitaryandintelligenceofficialstomonitorairstrikesagainstHouthitargetsinYemen.TheAtlantic’sfirstarticleonthechat,publishedMonday,leftoutmessagesthatGoldbergsaidcontainedsensitive“attackplans”thatcoulddamageU.S.nationalsecurityifreleased.
TheoutletpublishedthoseredactedmessagesonWednesdayafterTr
