Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has issued a statement calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses to step down Atlantic Ocean We have published an article showing private signal messages between members of the Trump administration's cabinet. Hegses shared what the magazine labeled “Plan of Attack.”
In a press release issued On Wednesday, Duckworth said “all other officials included” in the signal group chat had discussed future military strikes at Houthis.
“Pete Hegses is a liar,” Duckworth said. “This is very clearly categorized information he recklessly leaked, who could have been able to kill the pilot. He must immediately step down in disgrace.”
“If Republicans don't join us in keeping the Trump administration accountable, they're conspiring to this potentially dangerous criminal offence to our national security,” Duckworth added.
Duckworth's statement comes after Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg Atlantic Ocean,release article He revealed that it was inadvertently added to a signal chat entitled “Houthi PC Small Group” by national security adviser Michael Waltz. Other members of the group chat include Vice President JD Vance, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Envoy of Middle East Steve Witkoff, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Hegseth.
In the article, Goldberg shares how several cabinet members had a long and long discussion in Yemen's capital Sanaa a few days before the US strikes in the Housys.
According to a Goldberg article, on Saturday, March 15th, Hegseth sent the message “contains operational details of upcoming strikes in Yemen, including information on targets, weapons deployed by the US, and attack sequences.”
The only person to reply to an update from Hegseth was the person identified as the Vice President. “I'll say a prayer for victory,” Vance wrote. (The other two users then added prayer emojis.)
According to the lengthy Hegseth text, Yemen's first explosion will be felt at two hours, and thus at 1:45pm Eastern time. So I was waiting in the car park at the supermarket. If this signal chat was real, I inferred, the target of Houthi would be bombed soon. Around 1:55, I checked X and searched for Yemen. Afterwards, an explosion was heard in Sanaa, the capital.
on wednesday, Atlantic Ocean Another release article It shared the content of Hegseth's message in Signal Chat:
At 11:44am Eastern time, Hegses posted to all caps on chat, “Team Update:”
The text below this is “Now (1144et): The weather has improved. Make sure it is confirmed on Centcom. Centcom, or Central Command, is a fighting order for the Middle Eastern army. The Hegseth text continues:
- “1215et: Release of F-18S (1st Strike Package)”
- “1345: 'Trigger-based F-18 1st Strike Window starts (target terrorist @ his known location so it must be on time – also launching the Strike Drone (MQ-9S)”
Around Atlantic OceanHegseth's message continued:
- “1410: Other F-18 releases (second strike package)”
- “1415: Target Strike Drone (this is when the first bomb is definitely falling and the previous 'trigger-based' target is put on hold)”
- “The 1536 F-18 second strike begins, and the first sea-based Tomahawks have also launched.”
- “Follow more (by timeline)”
- “We are currently clean at OPSEC,” meaning operation security.
- “God Speed to Our Warriors.”
Kristina Wong of Breitbart News previously reported that several members of the Trump administration, including Waltz and White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt, dismissed the idea that these were “war plans,” adding that the message did not include locations or sources.
“There is no place, there is no source or way. There is no war plan,” Waltz wrote. post X. “Foreign partners have already been notified that a strike is imminent. The Final Line: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.
“The Atlantic acknowledged. These were not “war plans,” Leavitt wrote. post X. “This whole story was another hoax written by Trump asshole famous for his sensational spin.”
“So, let's straighten this. The Atlantic includes what is called “war plans” and those “plans.” No name. No target. No place. unit. No route. No sauce. No way. post x.
As reported by Breitbart News, President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed that National Security Council staff and Waltz aides had added Goldberg to Signal Chat.
