Pentagon chef Hegseeth did shared sensitive info in leaked app messages

The Atlantic On Wednesday, the Signal interviews of the American safety stop has published far a series of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg obtained that information after he, presumably by accident, was added to a chat with, among others, the American foreign minister Marco Rubio, vice president JD Vance and Mike Waltz, the security adviser of President Trump.

Initially, Goldberg decided not to bring out the precise chats, because he was assuming that state secret information was concerned. After the White House repeatedly denied that the ‘state secret’ information was going, his magazine decided to share the full conversation. The government spokesperson did not disclose publication, because according to her the chat contained ‘sensitive’ information.

Most brisante part of the chats is the contribution of Minister Pete Hegseeth of Defense. In the group he shares the scenario for an attack that starts two hours later. He mentions accurate times, mentions the various aircraft with which is attacked, and he mentions that a terrorist is an important target, and that it has been identified at a certain location. The mail, rule:

Time now (1144et): Weather is favorable. Just confirmed w/ centcom we are a go for mission launch.

Hegseeth starts with a time: 1144et, a military/nautical listing that means 11.44 am, ‘et’ is ‘est’ or Eastern Time, the time in Washington DC. Washington runs seven hours behind the local time in the golf area. ‘Centcom’ is US Central Command, the American headquarters under which all operations at sea, on land and in the air fall for the Middle East. ‘Centcom’ therefore gives the green light, also because the weather is good.

1215ET: F-18S Launch (1st Strike Package)

F-18s, probably short of shorts for a combination of f/a-18 fighter bombers and EA-18G ‘Growler’ aircraft for electronic warfare, flying jammers who can blind air defense. They operate from American aircraft carriers and this group rises at 12.15 pm. The US currently have a maritime battle group around the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman In the area. ‘Strike Package’ (attack package) is the name of a group of aircraft carrying out an attack. Apparently this is the first.

1345: « Trigger Based » F-18st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ His Known Location So Should Be On Time)-also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9S)

Hegseeth says here that the attack can take place by F-18s from 1.45 pm, ‘Window’ means that there is a certain time span for such an attack. Probably the F-18s are therefore not flying directly to the goal, but they keep them ready somewhere above the sea.

The precise ‘trigger’ for the attack is probably the elimination of a terrorist and it has been established that it is located on the ‘known location’. The attack on the terrorist will take place with MQ-9 drones, known as the ‘Reaper’. It is equipped with rockets that are often used to eliminate alleged terrorists. The MQ-9s rise at (from an unknown location) at 1.45 pm and must be above the target half an hour later.

This is probably the most brisant material in Hegseeths Post, and can hardly be explained other than if sharing extremely sensitive information, although Hegseeth has denied having shared ‘war plans’. The attack moment is at that time (shortly after 11.44 am et) so at least two hours away, the US may have someone on the spot who has identified the terrorist, and if this information falls into the wrong hands, there is two hours in which counter -action can be taken.

1410: More F-18S Launch (2nd Strike Package)

1415: Strike drones on target (this is when the first bombs will definitely drop, pending earlier « trigger based » targets)

At 2.10 pm a second wave of attack F-18s rises from an aircraft carrier. The MQ-9s must then be above the target. Hegseeth: « This is when the first bombs will certainly fall, awaiting earlier » trigger based « goals. » It is not clear what those earlier ‘triggers’ and goals are.

1536: F-18 2nd Strike Starts-also, First Sea-Based Tomahawks Launched.

The second wave of attack takes place at 3.36 pm. At that time, cruise missiles against ground goals are also being launched from American naval ships. ‘Tomahawk’ is a shortage for a whole family of such weapons that each have slightly different characteristics.

Even after release from Hegseeths Post, the Pentagon maintained on Wednesday that the minister is not blamed. « These extra chat messages confirm that no confidential materials or war plans have been shared, » said Hegseeth’s spokesperson Sean Parnel The New York Times. « The minister only informed the group about a plan that was implemented and what they had been informed about through official channels. »

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