Yemen war plan 'leak': CIA chief John Ratcliffe, DNI head Tulsi Gabbard grilled in Senate hearing

CIA chief John Ratcliff confirms his involvement in Yemen Signal chat group

CIA Director John Ratcliffe confirmed that he was part of the Signal group chats that were recently leaked in a significant security breach.

Ratcliffe maintained that no classified information was exchanged in the group chat, aligning with the administration's stance. He emphasized that his contributions to the conversation were "completely allowed and legal" and did not involve any classified material.

Additionally, Ratcliffe acknowledged that having a journalist included in a private Signal chat, where Trump administration officials were discussing war plans, was "definitely not" appropriate.

While appearing in front of the Senate about hearing related to another matter John Ratcliffe, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel were questioned about the security breach issue.

While Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard initially refused to address any question regarding the chat leak. “Senator, I don’t want to get into this,” Gabbard responded to a question by Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner.

Director of the FBI Kash Patel, who was not on the Signal group, avoided the question on whether his agency would look into the chat leak.

US President Donald Trump addressed the security breach that occurred after The Atlantic's editor-in-chief was added to the Signal group chat discussing sensitive military operations against the Houthis in an interview with Newsmax.

He said the breach occurred when a lower-level person associated with National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added The Atlantic's Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal group chat discussing sensitive military operations against the Houthis.

He described the incident as 'the only glitch in two months,' assured that no classified information was compromised, and stated that the military operation was 'a tremendous success.