Officials in the former president’s administration, though, said they never used the app for classified information — and certainly never for war plans.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe defended his use of the encrypted communications app "Signal" to discuss planning for air strikes on Yemen that appear to have been accidentally shared with "The Atlantic" editor Jeffrey Goldberg,

He denies the claim. The nonpartisan advert encourages the public to get involved in local town halls and to be civil with peers. Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s secretary of defense, inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic in a Signal text chat group revealing the U.