The Home Intelligence Committee analyzes how the discussion on national security plans, including the best members of the administration of President Donald Trump, headed by the Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSth, He was incorrectly included in the journalist from the Atlantic magazine.
During the interview on Monday evening at CNN, US representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R., Pa.) Said that the committee would send an inquiry to the Tulsi Gabbard office, director of the National Intelligence Trump. Gabbard was reportedly among officials in group chat, who discussed the details of the attack on the Houthi militia in Yemen on Signal, an encrypted application for sending messages often used by journalists.
Fitzpatrick said that he “assumes” that his committee would vote for examining the case, but it will depend on the information received from the Gabbard office.
“If the interrogation returns that interrogations are justified, which may be very good, we bring witnesses, we agree who these witnesses should be, we will collect the facts [sensitive compartmented information facility] Apart from the view of the camera – said Fitzpatrick. “Then come up with the next steps.”
It is not clear whether the investigation was sent on Tuesday afternoon. Fitzpatrick spokesman did not immediately ask for a comment.
The Chamber’s Interview Committee, which supervises American intelligence agencies, consists of 25 Congress members – 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats. In addition to Fitzpatrick, there are two other representatives of Pennsylvania in the committee – Republican Scott Perry and Democrat Chrissy Houlhan.
“This stunning lack of operational security by [Hegseth] This is just another illustration of his gross incompetence. Is a danger for the nation and our soldiers, here and abroad ” Houlhan wrote in a statement made available on social media on Monday. “I want to immediately explain how it happened and a clear understanding of all broken regulations. I believe that classified information provided in this signal chat is directly violating the espionage act and the action of the Congress is required.”
In the Senate, Senator Roger Wicker (R., Miss.), Head of the Senate Committee of Armed Services, told reporters on Monday that the senators were “looking at it”, but they stopped saying if someone should be held responsible.
“I think it depends on the investigation, but it’s definitely a problem,” said Wicker. “It looks like mistakes have been made, no doubt.”
Fitzpatrick and other Republicans seem to walk slightly when party leaders are trying to break the controversy. House speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) Described this incident as a “sedate mistake”, but said that he did not believe that anyone deserved release or hesitation. During a telephone conversation on Tuesday with NBC News, Trump described the controversy as a “fault” And he supported officials involved in chat, claiming that “it had no influence on the attack at all.
Democrats were more critical. On Tuesday, the leader of the minority of the Senate Senate (D., NY) called on a double-sided investigation, attracting similarities to outrage among the Republicans after the then secretary of the state of Hillary Clinton, used a private e-mail server for official communication.
“Every republican of the Senate, who years ago was in OE -Mailes and unprotected servers, should be outraged by the dissertation of the Secretary of Defense,” said Schumer.
“If this is true, these accusations are simply shocking,” said Senator Chris Coons (D., Del.) On Monday during an interview at CNN. “The idea that the secretary of defense has shared detailed, highly classified war plans regarding what exact ammunition was to be rejected about what goals could violate American service members, violates some of the most basic standards of sharing highly closed military data and calls for immediate interrogation and investigation.”
Group chat “seems to be authentic”
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor -in -chief of Atlantic, wrote that he was incorrectly included in the group chat, which seemed to include Gabbard, HegeSeth, national security advisor Michael Waltz, vice president of JD Vance, CIA director John Ratcliffe and secretary of state Marco Rubio. There, the group discussed war plans a few hours before the American forces hitting the Houthi militia in Yemen on Sunday.
Brian Hughes, spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a statement for Goldberg, the thread “seems to be authentic”, and officials looked at how he was added to their group chat.
During the testimony of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Ratcliffe confirmed that he was one of those in group chat, but refused to discuss classified materials. He admitted, however, that the discussion on military goals should only take place in classified systems.
“The pre -contemporary strike should be conducted through closed channels,” Ratcliffe testified.
Gabbard, who also appeared before Congress on Tuesday, refused to confirm or deny that she was “TG” at the Goldberg group, citing the incident review. Gabbard confirmed that she was abroad when a group chat took place.
“I will not talk to it because it is viewed by the National Security Council,” Gabbard testified on Tuesday, adding that the review includes “the way the journalist was accidentally added to group chat and what happened in this chat around the world.”
