Lawmakers from Nevada slam sharing of military strikes with journalist over Signal

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — U.S. lawmakers from Nevada have slammed what they call the mishandling of sensitive military operations after a magazine editor revealed he received war plans through an unclassified messaging app.

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, published a column Monday saying he was included in a group chat with U.S. national security leaders in the web application Signal.

The chat included details about military strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen before the operation took place, Goldberg said.

The National Security Council confirmed the validity of the texts in a statement to The National News Desk.

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, called the incident an "inexcusable failure" that put American lives at risk.

"Using an unclassified communications platform to discuss classified military operations and being careless enough to add someone without the proper clearance is a dangerous level of incompetence," said Rosen, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Congress needs to immediately hold hearings to get answers about how such a thing can happen, and we must hold those involved in this major national security breach accountable."

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, shared the article on social media, writing, "Stupid is as stupid does.

"The frivolity with which senior national security leaders in this Administration handle sensitive information is shocking," Titus wrote. "What other non-government officials have been included on similar group chats?"

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, said the country was lucky the breach didn't result in "catastrophic consequences."

"This is unacceptable incompetence by the Trump Admin. that could have put American lives in danger," Cortez Masto wrote on social media.