No. of Recommendations: 11
More like 30 minutes. I'll remind you they already notified other folks what was going on.
And "specific weapons platforms". LOL. Really? How long have F-18s been in service? I'll answer for you: since the 1980's.Two hours before the strikes hit. More than enough time for the Houthis, if they received the information, to move their high value individuals away from their usual locations. More than enough time for them to prepare countermeasures, especially against the specific drones that were identified as part of the mission. If that information had gotten out, it could have defeated the mission entirely. The relevant information isn't "F-18's exist" - it's "F-18's and MQ-9 drones and Tomahawk missiles are going to be used at these exact times and for these exact purposes," which would be invaluable tactical information for the Houthis.
Roger Wicker, Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is one of the first to respond to the release of the full transcript. His assessment? This is the type of information that would be classified:
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said Wednesday he believes the information detailing the attack plan against the Houthis in Yemen should have been classified.
Wicker told reporters that the plans Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out via a Signal chat, which included when fighter jets would take off and drone strikes would drop over the region, were sensitive enough to warrant that level of classification.
“The information as published recently appears to me to be of such a sensitive nature that, based on my knowledge, I would have wanted it classified,” Wicker said at the Capitol.https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5215153-roger-...His message - own the mistake and make sure it doesn't happen again.
Not that this was unimportant information that wouldn't have been classified - that this shouldn't have happened and steps need to be taken to figure out how to prevent it from repeating.
