Signal war plans chat: Five takeaways from leaked US top military meeting

What was discussed in the top-secret group that a journalist was accidentally added to?

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It's the story of how a journalist - the Atlantic magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg - was added to a Signal platform messaging group which apparently included Vice-President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in addition to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

The topic being discussed was attacking the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen.

Goldberg said he had seen classified military plans for the strikes, including weapons packages, targets and timing, two hours before the bombs struck.

What are the main revelations in a nutshell?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr52yrgq48no

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