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What did the intelligence officials testify about US bombing in Yemen?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The nation's top two intelligence officials testified they did not share classified information in a group chat about the U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen. NPR's Greg Myrie explains Democratic senators pushed back aggressively against those claims.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee that they have not shared classified material outside of proper channels. They did not speak on behalf of other officials who were also part of the group on the Signal messaging app.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said national security officials in the Trump administration have already taken a number of actions he described as, quote, sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior. The hearing came just a day after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that he was inadvertently included in the group chat with other national security officials. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.
NPR CEO Catherine Maher chairs the board of the Signal Foundation, which supports the Signal app. President Trump is defending his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, following the incident, accidental inclusion of a journalist in the messaging app group chat about the U.S. attack on Yemen. Trump also repeating assertions no classified information was involved.
Waltz said technical experts and lawyers at the National Security Council were looking at the incident, but he slammed the Atlantic and the media. over the focus on the issue. In Gaza, Palestinians staged a rare protest against Hamas, the militant group that rules the territory. Israel resumed fighting last week to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages. More from NPR's Daniel Estrin.
Videos posted on social media show crowds chanting, out, out, out, Hamas go out. Protesters called for media coverage, chanting, where is the media? Eyewitnesses say thousands took part in the demonstration in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza, which began as an anti-war protest.
One protester who requested we only use his first name, Ibrahim, to speak freely against Hamas, told NPR, Hamas is not taking us into account. It has two million people in Gaza who need to live. He called on Hamas to release the Israeli hostages and leave Gaza. Over the years, Hamas has cracked down on dissent, but open criticism has grown during the war. Hamas did not break up the protest.
It issued no comment. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Vice President J.D. Vance says he'll join his wife Usha Vance in visiting Greenland this week. The second lady announced a cultural visit to the Danish territory, sparking consternation from political leaders in Greenland and Denmark who are concerned about Trump administration's interest in acquiring the territory.
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