US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth shared information about American air attacks on Yemen in another private group in the signal application, BBC partner CBS confirmed the messages with messages.
Messages, sent 15. March, including flight schedules for US F / A-18 Hornets performing strikes on houti goals. The group included Hegeth’s wife, a brother and a personal lawyer.
Events come a month after the existence of a separate signal group discussed sensitive information about US military operations.
In the New York Times statement, which first reported a second group, the White House said that classified information was not divided.
HEGSETHINA Wife, Jennifer, former is a manufacturer of news Fox and there is no official position in the Pentagon. He previously criticized Hegset, allegedly, including his wife at meetings with foreign leaders.
His brother, Phil and Personal Lawyer, Team Parliter, both maintain positions on the Defense Department. But it is not clear why any of the three should advanced warnings with sensitive American strike plans.
Unlike the first signal group, another – called “Defense | Hih Hugdd” – He created Hegset, according to New York Times.
The existence of an earlier signal group revealed Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, which accidentally involved in it. Officials have similarly used that group to discuss information related to strikes in Yemen.
The White House denied that classified information discussed in that group, although Hegsetha critics – including former American Defense Officers – the issue. They say they would discuss such information in signal groups could jeopardize American staff who perform military operations.
The existence of a second signal group is the latest controversy around the Pentagon head, which controls the budget from $ 892 billion (670 billion) this year.
He fired three top officials for “Unauthorized Discovery” – the accusation that officials said was “without a suste” last week.
In the OP-OP for Polito magazine published on Sunday, John Ullyot, a former spokesman for the top Pentagon who resigned last week, wrote that the department was in “Total Chaos”.
“Dysfunction is now the main distraction for the president – who deserves better than his high leaders,” Ullyot added.
However, in the statement of X, Sean Parnilla, the current chief spokesillar for the Pentagon accused “the weight loss medium” “destroying anyone committed for the Trump President President.”
He reached out the White House by saying that “There was no classified information in any signal chat”.
Washington says that his strikes in Yemenu sentences for Huuthi attacks on freight vessels passing through the Red Sea, a critical water journey for international trade.
From 20. November 2323, you targeted dozens of merchant boats with rockets, drones and small attacks on a ship in the Red Sea and Gulf Aden. They sank two vessels, seized the third and killed four crew members.
Houshis said they act in supporting Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and they claimed – often false – to target ships only with Israel, USA or UK.
US air attacks on the oil terminal in the north-western Yemen, was killed at least 74 persons and wounded in 171 to others, according to the Houthi-Hard Ministry. The Huuth-driven government said that the attack was a “war crime”.
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