Atlantic editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a group chat that discussed the U.S. bombing Yemen

Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a group chat on Signal , a secure messaging platform used by many politicians and journalists, by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz .

The group chat included a number of high-ranking cabinet officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth , CIA Director John Ratcliffe , Secretary of State Marco Rubio , and Vice President JD Vance .

Administration officials denied that “war plans” were discussed and that no classified information was shared.

The Atlantic published the texts on Wednesday detailing when the U.S. would depart for the attack and the order of operations.

President Donald Trump has stood by Waltz and asked him to investigate how Goldberg entered the chat.

Goldberg is the author of a September 2020 story claiming that Trump canceled a 2018 visit to a French cemetery where American troops are buried and called the fallen soldiers “suckers and “losers” The White House has repeatedly attacked The Atlantic and Goldberg ’s credibility.