During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) stated there was “clearly classified” in the Trump administration’s Signal chat and “If I would have done this in the Air Force, I would have lost my clearance. I probably would have gotten an Article 15, which is nonjudicial punishment. It would have probably prevented me from being promoted.”
Bacon stated, “I think it’s clearly classified. So, they’re digging themselves a bigger hole. They should just be straightforward and honest, say, we screwed up. Now, I want to say the operation itself, I praise it. … But there’s no doubt, when you start saying, two hours before an operation, we’re going to launch these aircraft at this time or we’re going to have bombs go off at this time, and you’re talking about Yemen, that is classified.” And that if the information had gotten to the Houthis, it could have put American troops in danger.
Co-host Amna Nawaz then asked, “So, if this was a breach and it puts our forces at risk, what does accountability look like? We know Mike Waltz added the journalist, Jeff Goldberg to the chat. Pete Hegseth posted the…
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