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A discussion was published by high -ranking US security officials on US air strikes on Yemen by Atlantic magazine.
The collective chat included on the error -editor -in -chief of ATLANTIC JEFREY GOLDBERG.
After curbing some chat excerpts in a previous article, he decided on Wednesday To publish the entire stock exchange After senior officials insisted that there was no secret information in the group.
Goldberg wrote that these phrases “led us to believe that people should see texts in order to reach their own conclusions.”
Messages, however, you need some not to act. Here are three of them with some analyzes.
The timeline of the attack
These messages provide details of the US military's plan for Yemen – described as a “package”, a military term referring to a group of aircraft, arms systems and intelligence collection devices that will participate in the operation.
“The idea is that this was not classified information at that time an unimaginable thing,” Glenn Gistel, the former General Adviser to the National Security Agency (NSA), told BBC.
He added that the secrecy may have been raised after that, but any imminent military action that includes American forces could have been classified as it was shared.
The messages from HegSeth notice what time is the time to launch a F-18 Fighter Fighter, as well as when strikes occur and in any “menu” attacks on the time frame may occur.
In this context, the “trigger” refers to a group of teachers that must be recognized before the deployment of weapons. It can be a visual reference point, like a mobile phone lights up.
This information is very sensitive.
“Similar information is firmly in a segment that could have been classified on the secret,” Philip Ingram, a former British military intelligence officer, told the BBC.
“In practice, you can give up where the plane will come,” he added.
In the wake of the chat detection, the White House and other US officials argued that this information does not constitute a “war plan”.
In a post on X, Higseth said: “The Atlantic Ocean has released what is called” war plans “and those” plans “include: no names. No goals. There are no sites. There are no units. No ways. There are no sources. There are no ways.”
He hit a “missile man” in his girlfriend's house
In this part of the group chat, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz offers an update on the strike – which is called in the military language to assess the damage of the battle, or BDA.
Waltz notes that the target building had collapsed, and that the US military had earlier had a positive definition of the target – the Houthi “man” – walking in the building, which was believed to be the headquarters of his girlfriend.
In his letter, Waltz Pete – referring to HegSeth, in addition to IC, congratulates the “intelligence community” and Kurilla, referring to Michael Corella, a US military general who supervises the central leadership, which is a regional fighter with responsibility for the Middle East and parts of Central and South Asia.
The messages do not reveal how to track the location of the target or movements.
A military expert contacted by the British Broadcasting Corporation – but he wants to rename Nameless – suggested that a mixture of weather platforms, technological tracking capabilities or human intelligence can be used on the ground, or a mixture of different sources.
At least 53 people were killed in the initial wave of US air strikes on the Houthi targets in Yemen, which hit more than 30 goals, including training facilities, drone infrastructure, as well as arms manufacturing sites, storage sites and driving and control centers, including one Pentagon said that many non -Muslim air vehicle experts.
It is not clear which of the goals that Waltz was referring to in the group chat.
Central Intelligence Agency activities in Yemen
Another potentially sensitive message comes from Joe Kent, a former operational soldier and candidate of Congress that was nominated by Trump to be the director of the National Center for Combating Terrorism.
In his message, Kent points to Israel, carrying out its own strikes.
The Israeli army has repeatedly hit Houthi targets in Yemen since the beginning of the war in Gaza, in response to missile attacks and drone attacks on Israeli targets to support Hamas.
The latest attacks took place on December 19 and 26 last year.
According to Kent, the Israeli government will seek to “renew” any arms shares used in more raids, although it is believed to be a “simple factor.”
It follows a slightly sensitive message from the Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, who notes that the United States “worshiping assets” to help a strike, but the delay “will not negatively affect” the agency's work in Yemen.
“An additional time will be used to determine better starting points to cover up Houthi leadership,” Books.
In this context, the assets can refer to spies run by the CIA on the ground in Yemen, or technological means such as drone monitoring trips.
Mick Mulri, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and a former semi -military officer in CIA, said Ratcliffe's message was very sensitive.
“Basically, we do not want to share the place where the CIA.”
Ratcliffe told at home on Wednesday that he had not conveyed secret information.
(With additional reports from Nomia IQBAL and Ruth Comerford)
