Controversy continues to build over the use of the Signal social app by top national security officials from President Donald Trump’s administration to discuss an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Questions remain over whether the president’s Cabinet selections and top appointees, made up of less-experienced Washington outsiders, led to such ill-advised communication.
The inadvertent inclusion of Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg by national security adviser Michael Waltz led to the full publication of the communications chain, exposing messages between Cabinet members over sensitive national defense procedures that included incongruous language and emojis. Now, former members of the defense and intelligence communities wonder who’s in charge of policy and operations — and if they’re qualified for the responsibilities they carry.
Sean O’Keefe was secretary of the Navy during former
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