Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on 14 January, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
A former director of the White House Situation Room and senior CIA and NSA official says he is horrified by the use of a messaging app by Senior White House and Pentagon officials.
The Atlantic magazine has published the full exchange of messages between senior White House officials as the US conducted strikes in Yemen earlier this month.
Editor Jeffrey Goldberg had been accidentally added to a chat on encrypted app Signal, in a major security breach.
The magazine initially chose not to publish the full details of the group chat, saying it did not want to publish classified information.
But Jeffrey Goldberg says White House accusations that he was lying prompted his decision to now publish the entire exchange.
Intelligence officials have been grilled by a senate committee for a second day today, insisting the material was not classified.
Larry Pfeiffer spent his 32-year career in US intelligence, included stints as the senior director of the White House Situation Room and chief of staff to the CIA director.
