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CIA director denies classified info was on Houthi strike group chat

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The director of National Intelligence and the CIA director both denied on Tuesday, March 25, that classified information was shared in a group chat. In the group chat, members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet discussed plans for an air strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. The chat took place on the encrypted messaging app Signal. It was only made public after a journalist was inadvertently added. What did officials say at the hearing? “Secretary Hegseth put into this group text a detailed operation plan including targets, the weapons we were going to be using, attack sequences and timing. And yet,…

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