The Atlantic has published a follow-up to yesterday's story after that site's editor was among the recipients of a Signal chat, along with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, DNI Tulsi Gabbard and NSA Mike Waltz.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noticed that "war plans" has become "attack plans":
The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT “war plans.”
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 26, 2025
This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin. pic.twitter.com/atGrDd2ymr
After that, Hegseth took to X to dispute that what was released were "war plans" OR "attack plans":
So, let’s me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called “war plans” and those “plans” include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) March 26, 2025
Those are some really shitty war plans.
This only proves…
Here's Hegseth's full post if you can't see it all above:
So, let’s me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called “war plans” and those “plans” include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information.
Those are some really s****y war plans.
This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an “attack plan” (as he now calls it). Not even close.
As I type this, my team and I are traveling the INDOPACOM region, meeting w/ Commanders (the guys who make REAL “war plans”) and talking to troops.
We will continue to do our job, while the media does what it does best: peddle hoaxes.
The Democrats and media will continue to chew on this one until the next outrage-du-jour about the Trump administration is created.
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