The White House has confirmed that a journalist seems to have been inadvertently added to a group chat in which US national security officials discussed plans for a strike against the Houthi rebel group.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, reported, external on Monday that he was added to a Signal message group which included accounts labelled as White House National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Vice-President JD Vance.
“At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic,” Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a statement to the BBC. “We are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.
“The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy co-ordination between senior officials,” he said.
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