The Signal chat controversy and everything else we missed.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, March 24, The Atlantic published a partial transcript of communications among Trump administration officials as they discussed impending military operations against the Houthis in Yemen over the Signal messaging app. The outlet’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, had mistakenly been added to the chat and was privy to sensitive discussions about the details of the attack (including types of aircraft, missiles and launch times, as well as the name of a CIA operative). Goldberg’s initial article omitted parts of the group’s communications on the grounds that it could jeopardize the lives of U.S. personnel, but he published the entire transcript on Wednesday after several administration members disputed his characterization of their contents.
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| 1:08.8 | this is Tangle. |
| 1:27.5 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, |
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| 1:34.0 | It is Monday, March 31st. |
| 1:38.5 | We are back from a week off, a week of spring break. |
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