Reports say that Higseth has shared the details of the Yemeni attack in the second sign chat
US Defense Minister Beit Higseth participated in information about US air strikes on Yemen in a second private group on the application of the signal, as confirmed by the American BBC CBS with sources familiar with the messages.
The messages, which were sent on March 15, included the American F/A-18 Hornets flight schedules carried out on Houthi targets. The group included the wife of Higseth, her brother and a personal lawyer.
The developments come a month after the existence of a separate signal set that discusses sensitive information about US military operations.
In a statement to the New York Times, which first reported the second group, the White House said that no secret information was shared.
Higseth’s wife, Jennifer, is a former product in Fox News and does not hold any official position inside the Pentagon. Higseth was previously criticized for response, including his wife, in meetings with foreign leaders.
His brother, elephant, personal lawyer, Tim Parteror, hold positions at the Ministry of Defense. But it is not clear why any of the three requires advanced warnings of sensitive American strike plans.
Unlike the first references collection, the second group – called “Defense | Team Hudde” – was created by HegSeth, according to the New York Times.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, which was accidentally included. Officials such as this group used to discuss information related to strikes in Yemen.
The White House denied that the information classified was discussed in that group as well, although the Higseth critics – including former US defense officials – are questioned. They say discussing such information in sign groups can be exposed to American employees who make military operations.
The presence of the second group of signals is the latest controversy surrounding the Pentagon President, who controls this year in a budget of 892 billion dollars (670 billion pounds).
Last week, Higseth launched three senior officials of the “unauthorized examination” – an accusation that the officials said was “baseless.”
In an editorial of the Politico magazine, which was published on Sunday, John Ullenth, a former Pentagon spokesman, who resigned last week, wrote that the section was in “Total’s Chaos”.
“The job defect has now become a great distraction for the president – who deserves better than his supreme leadership,” Ullewat added.
However, in a statement issued by X, Sean Barnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, accused the “media that hates Trump” of “destroying anyone committed to President Trump’s business schedule.”
The White House said, “There was no secret information in any signal conversation.”
Washington says that its strikes in Yemen punish the Houthi attacks on the shipping ships wandering across the Red Sea, a critical waterway for international trade.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted dozens of commercial ships with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They drowned two ships, seized a third, and killed four crew members.
The Houthis said they are acting to support the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and they often claimed that they are targeting ships associated with Israel, the United States or the United Kingdom.
US air strikes on a oil station in northwestern Yemen this week killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others, according to the Houthi Ministry of Health. The Houthi -led government said the attack was a “war crime.”
