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Americans react to Signal group chat leak among US officials

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'It shouldn't happen again' - Americans react to Signal group chat leak Americans in Washington DC are reacting to a Signal group chat leak where a journalist was inadvertently added to a chat where US national security officials discussed a planned military strike. The revelation has raised questions about why high-ranking officials discussed such sensitive matters on a potentially vulnerable civilian app. US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe denied at a Senate hearing that any classified information was shared in the message chain. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to investigation the incident..

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68

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66

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61

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formal

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English

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80

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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