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A federal judge has ordered the US administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which national security officials discussed plans for a US military strike against Yemen’s Houthis. The judge barred administration officials from destroying messages that were sent on the encrypted messaging app Signal earlier this month. US District Judge James Boasberg has been at odds with the administration over a separate case.
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There wasn’t any classified information shared in the chat group on Signal, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has said. This comes after The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that a top Trump administration official mistakenly added him to the group chat on an app with plans to bomb Yemen. “The meetings of Principals Committee are held in the White House Situation Room,” Gabbard added.