
War Plan Group Chat Absolutely Exposed Classified Info, Former Defense Secretary Says
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"It's truly astounding," said former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed the administration’s claim Wednesday that the war plan group chat they added a reporter to ahead of a bombing campaign in Yemen contained no confidential information and, therefore, qualifies as a “sensationalized story that’s falling apart by the hour.”
It’s a claim that former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who held the position under former President Barack Obama, called “astounding.”
“It’s truly astounding that we would see that released in the form of a non-secure government channel,” Hagel told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
Hagel said information of that sort “would ordinarily be classified for obvious reasons.”
“I mean, details of a strike ― a war strike ― that’s going to kill people, do damage. That’s the intent of it. I think that is classified information,” he added.