This is the first scandal of the Trump administration, says Ron Paul Institute’s Larry Johnson

Ron Paul Institute For Peace And Prosperity: Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal chat by Trump’s National Security Advisor , Michael Waltz , or by someone who worked for Waltz .

The contents of the chat are not officially classified, but the information being discussed was operationally sensitive.

Goldberg is a particularly slimy character, not because he published portions of chat, but because he behaved as a political hack instead of a journalist.

Larry C. Johnson : The bombings over the last nine days have not deterred the Houthis from renewing their attacks on ships and Israel .

Hegseth gives the game away this is about blaming Iran , Johnson says.

Johnson is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency .