The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently invited into a group chat on Signal, an encrypted messaging app available to the public, while top officials were discussing detailed U. S. bombing plans in Yemen.

Warner had previously used the Signal messaging app he attacked Trump administration officials for texting on

Eighteen senior officials — including the CIA director, the defence secretary, the national security adviser and the vice president — were part of an online group chat that’s gone viral.

In a particularly rough week for the Trump administration, a number of the president's allies are calling for accountability after military plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist.