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PDB Situation Report | March 29th, 2025: Signal Gate Fallout & Iran’s Hidden Hand in Yemen

2025/3/29
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The Trump administration faced questions after 'Signalgate,' a communications blunder where sensitive national security chatter was exposed during early strikes against the Houthis. Senior officials used a private Signal group chat, and the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was mistakenly added, leading to details about the strikes being shared. This sparked concerns about operational security and discipline at the highest levels.
  • Signalgate occurred during the early stages of U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
  • Senior national security officials, including the Vice President and Secretary of Defense, used a private Signal group chat for coordination.
  • The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to the chat, resulting in the exposure of sensitive details.

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In this episode of The PDB Situation Report:

 

• We begin with the fallout from “Signal Gate,” the serious communications blunder that exposed sensitive U.S. military chatter during early strikes against the Houthis. Retired Army Colonel John Mills, former Director of Cybersecurity Policy at the Pentagon, joins us to break it all down.

 

• Then: U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen are escalating—but who’s really calling the shots? Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the Washington Office for the National Council of Resistance of Iran, says the answer lies in Tehran. He joins us to explain how Iran’s regime is orchestrating the fight.

 

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