Court orders Trump administration to preserve Signal messages
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In the first half of March, Trump administration officials were discussing US airstrikes on Yemen in a Signal chat, where a journalist from The Atlantic was mistakenly added. On Thursday, March 27, a federal judge ordered the preservation of these messages, according to CNN.
Judge James Boasberg made the ruling in a lawsuit filed after the revelation that cabinet members had discussed military plans on the Signal messenger.
The US Department of Justice stated that the administration is already taking measures to track and preserve the messages from March 11 to 15.
This week, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added him to a chat where high-ranking officials were discussing plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Later, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset sent information about the timing of American fighter jets and drones' departure and when the US would launch missiles just half an hour before the operation.
Yesterday, CNN reported that Hegset had revealed classified information, calling it a "major breach of operational security" since details of the Washington operation were disclosed before it even began.
