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<blockquote data-quote="Doublestandards" data-source="post: 6090080" data-attributes="member: 110123">The information Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/politics/intel-officials-shift-responsibility-yemen-chat/index.html" target="_blank">Pete Hegseth</a> disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward.The updates Hegseth was giving in the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/yemen-strikes-journalist-cabinet-signal-chat/index.html" target="_blank">Signal chat</a> were the kind of real-time play-by-play that a commander would be giving to the president in a highly classified setting as the operation unfolded.“These are operational plans that are highly classified in order to protect the service members,” the defense official said.A third source familiar with the matter said they saw documents sent within the Pentagon about the operation, which were marked classified and included the same information Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat about specific weapons platforms and timing.“It was classified when it was shared below the principal level,” this person said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doublestandards, post: 6090080, member: 110123"] The information Defense Secretary [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/politics/intel-officials-shift-responsibility-yemen-chat/index.html']Pete Hegseth[/URL] disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward. The updates Hegseth was giving in the [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/yemen-strikes-journalist-cabinet-signal-chat/index.html']Signal chat[/URL] were the kind of real-time play-by-play that a commander would be giving to the president in a highly classified setting as the operation unfolded. “These are operational plans that are highly classified in order to protect the service members,” the defense official said. A third source familiar with the matter said they saw documents sent within the Pentagon about the operation, which were marked classified and included the same information Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat about specific weapons platforms and timing. “It was classified when it was shared below the principal level,” this person said. [/QUOTE]

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