Intelligence Leaders Grilled by Democrats Over Handling of Military Information on Signal Chat

Gabbard suggested that the chat was merely a policy discussion rather than a meaningful insight into U.S. military operations.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (C) speaks as (L-R) National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Jeffrey Kruse look on during an annual worldwide threats assessment hearing at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, on March 26, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Democratic members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence grilled Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe during an open hearing on March 26 over their handling of a Signal chat that described an ongoing U.S. military operation and was inadvertently shared with a journalist.

Congressional ire stemmed from the publication of a March 24 article in The Atlantic in which the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that national security adviser Mike Waltz added him to a group chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal.