Andrew McCarthy, the contributor to Fox News, has spread to the Trump administration’s allegations that the joint information in the signal chat is applied between high -ranking cabinet members and a journalist has not been classified.
The Ministry of Defense was referred Newsweek To the defense secretary Higseth HouseNotes on X, previously twitterUpon arrival via email for additional comment on Wednesday.
Why do it matter
Social media erupted in the wake of the communications reports kept by the Vice President Dinar Vansfor HigsethNational Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Jeffrey Goldberg, Office of off of Atlantic Ocean, Among other things.
Goldberg says he was included in the subject of messages with the president Donald Trump officials, in the sign of the encrypted correspondence earlier this month. The journalist stated that the exchange of the text American army Plans that involve air strikes against the Houthis, the Iranian -backed rebels in Yemen who launched attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea amid a struggle to control the shipping routes.
Dealing with private military discussions between senior officials in TrumpThe Council of Ministers also sparked major American security concerns.
Higseth Goldberg report reprimanding On Monday, he said: “No one was sending plans for war, and that’s all I should say about it.” Waltz also took criticism in Goldberg on Tuesday, describing it “the scum of the lower journalists.”
What do you know
in New York Post The opinion article on Wednesday, McCarthy, called on the former public prosecutor, to the administration, saying, “It cannot be denied, or at least it must be,” information that provides a pre -warning that the United States or its allies is preparing for an attack “that must be classified as a” higher secret. “
The title of the article is: “The Trump team cannot argue that these messages were not classified – of course they were!”
McCarthy continued that the military strike against the Houthis this month “was a worthy military operation” and that administration officials “deserved to be implemented.” However, “The error of discussing the details in the chat group unauthorized to continue the national defense information – that nothing about the Supreme Secret Intelligence – was an unreasonable security breach,” McCarthy continued.
“It is sufficient to say that the Trump administration does not make this better. The result is that the value of a decisive process against the Houthis, the American enemy, is lost,” McCarthy said in the article.
Trump officials, including Higseth, reaffirmed assurance Atlantic Ocean Let them.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Trump was asked directly whether the joint information was not classified on the chat. The president said he was not sure.
“Well, this is what I heard,” Trump said. “I don’t know. I am not sure. You have to ask the various people concerned. I don’t really know.”
What people say
HegSeth was published to X on Wednesday: “So, let’s [sic] I get this straight. The Atlantic Ocean released what is called “war plans” and those “plans” include: no names. No goals. There are no sites. No units. No ways. No sources. No ways. There is no classified information. These are really war plans ****. This proves only one thing: Jeff Goldberg has not seen a war plan or an “attack plan” (as he calls it now). Not even near. While I write this, I and my team travel to the endopakum area, get to know the leaders (men who plan the real “war plans” and speak to the forces. We will continue to do our work, while the media does what it does better: a cavity trick. “
Bear Morgan’s broadcaster was published to X on Wednesday: “If this is not considered an information classified about imminent war plans, you may * be very partisan to realize the truth when it slapped you about the tribal pieces. If this happens in the Biden hour, Republicans He would have truly gone. “
Former Foreign Minister and Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, in response to Morgan on Wednesday: “I have never thought about the residence of Pierce Morgan, but he is right!”
Democratic Democrat Elissa Slutin of Michigan was published in X on Wednesday: “The operational information classified by Minister Higseth has been revealed in the nefarious sign chat now, and the souls may be at risk. He must have his mistakes. If the Secretary continues to reject any responsibility, he will lose credibility with strength, and talks about anything else. The repercussions and risks of possible signal messages are intercepted.)
What happens after that
Trump said on Tuesday that he wanted to look at the signal and the task of Fallis with a follow -up.
