The Ongoing Fallout from Signalgate

Heads Should Roll, Resignations Now

Last week, the Atlantic reported that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was unknowingly added to a chat between high ranking members of the White House that were in the midst of planning an upcoming series of strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. The initial limited screenshots and timeline presented by Goldberg suggested that mission-relevant data regarding airstrike targets, munitions, and aircraft was shared by members of the chat. In response to the administration’s denial of the story (with claims ranging from the denial of sensitive information being shared to denying the existence of the chat altogether), the Atlantic released the full, unabridged logs of the conversation screenshotted by Goldberg. This series of events has been dubbed “Signalgate” and represents the largest scandal in the second Trump administration (so far). Pete Hegseth is currently under investigation by the Pentagon for his usage of Signal in planning operations.

This is a major failure by the current…