One day after an explosive report published in ‘The Atlantic’, the CIA director denied that senior officials of the intelligence services announced before the Senate Intelligence Service had made a “big mistake”.
The highest intelligence in charge US President Donald Trump has confirmed under the swearing -in Signal Group Chat is not shared by any information categorized A journalist was accidentally added and there was talk of attacks on Yemen.
When testifying One day before the ‘Atlantic’ of ‘Atlantic’, before the Senate Intelligence Committee, senior officials tried to reduce the importance of what there was Was condemned as a historical security failure.
The author of ‘The Atlantic’Jeffrey Goldburg, on Monday, announced that he had added to a textbook, in which he spoke Immediate attacks against Hoodis militants In Yemen, after Michael Waltz has sent you a link application.
Although the Chat of Goldburg at first does not believe that the chat is real, Then stagnant Looking at how hoody purposes were attacked at the time Defense Secretary Pete HexedHe had announced that the group would be attacked.
Goldburg wrote the debate Signal’s chat “in it contained accurate information about arms packagesGoals and times ”, although he does not reveal information on the national security of the United States.
Goldburg has reportedWithout expressing your identity, The Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyJohn Radglif shared the name of the active agent of the CIA with the signal. The National Security Council later confirmed the veracity of the chat.
Despite the wonderful news that has been holding cards worldwide, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Kapard said in a group chat No classified information has been shared.
No “category or intelligence information is not included.”
Asked if the calendar was shared in the group and the location of the next military attacks, Kabard replied: “I can certify it No classified information has been shared Or intelligence “:“ I can certify that they are not included in the group of chat components at any time Classified or intelligence. “
Kabard’s response caused distrust Members of the group and the Independent Senator Angus King of Minute said: “It is difficult to believe that the goals and the calendar and weapons will not be classified.”
Senator Mark Warner, a prominent democrat of the Intelligence Committee, also denied Kabart’s statement: “If there is no classified material, share it with the group. You can’t have two things. “
Kabard later refused to confirm whether the signal team approached the person from the personal or task phone. Radgliff tried to spend the importance from the crash. Although he acknowledged that he was in the chat, he described him as “legal” and said that he was allowed to be a communication tool in the signal work.
When he was pressed to admit it He had made a “big mistake”, and Radglif denied it. Georgia’s Democratic Senator John Ozoff asked: “RadcLiff’s director, is this a big mistake, isn’t it?” Radcliffe replied: “No.”
Osof then started a full -sized review, Qualified for the “humiliation” incident… completely uncomfortable “and” forgiveness “or” underlined the fact that it does not recognize the severity of this error. By the way, we will get A complete reading of this chainAnd his testimony will be carefully measured with its content, ”he added.
