Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and ranking member Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) have formally requested that the Department of Defense investigate a high-profile security breach involving a Signal group chat where top U.S. officials allegedly discussed airstrikes in Yemen. The request follows the bombshell report by The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, who revealed that he was inadvertently added to the chat by Trump National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. According to Goldberg, the group included members of the principals committee—leaders of the nation’s top national security agencies—openly discussing plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen. In a letter released Thursday, Wicker and Reed expressed deep concerns over the disclosure of “sensitive and classified information” in a chat where a journalist was unknowingly included. The senators called for a full Pentagon inquiry into how such a lapse occurred and what measures need to be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future. Trump officials, caught in the controversy, have offered conflicting explanations. In both congressional testimony and televised interviews, they have insisted that no classified information was shared, sought to reframe the discussion as “attack plans” rather than “war plans,” and launched attacks on Goldberg’s credibility. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)