Classified, or Not Classified?

From The Atlantic.

The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, and staff writer Shane Harris published more details (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/) from a Signal chat between President Donald Trump’s top advisers that included sensitive details (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/) about a military strike in Yemen. In screenshots published by The Atlantic, the defense secretary messaged information about strike targets and times of attack. Top Trump officials have denied both to reporters and in congressional hearings that the information in the chat was classified.

We talk to Shane Harris, who covers national security, about how he would characterize the messages and what kind of reverberations to expect from this breach.

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