Statement on Use of Signal for Classified Communications
March 25, 2025
Washington, DC, National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A) is gravely concerned by recent reports that senior Trump Administration officials used the commercial encrypted messaging app Signal to share top-secret war plans. Demonstrating a remarkable disregard for operational security, these officials risked lives and mission success by sharing highly sensitive information on an unsecure mobile phone app and then inadvertently including a journalist in the message group. This blatant disregard for using established secure communications protocols to execute a military operation reflects poorly on the competence of the United States’ military while potentially benefiting our adversaries.
National Security Leaders for America members are available for interviews.
Background
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans, Jeffery Goldberg, The Atlantic.
U.S. national-security leaders included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffery Goldberg, in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen.
The inside story of how a journalist was sent White House war plans, National Public Radio All Things Considered
In an interview, Jeffery Goldberg discusses receiving detailed and highly sensitive information about the U.S. attacks on Yemen on the unsecured mobile phone app Signal.
Operation Security Impact | Potential Mission Risk
Developed using unredacted screenshots provided by Jeffery Goldberg
