Trump administration officials accidentally included a high-profile journalist in a group chat in which they discussed sensitive U.S. military plans for strikes against Yemen earlier this month.

In a piece for The Atlantic published online Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine's editor-in-chief, wrote that he had been invited to the group chat with top members of the White House national security team, seemingly by accident, and added that he'd "never seen a breach quite like this."

The Pentagon referred Newsweek to the National Security Council when asked for comment on the apparent security lapse. The NSC did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a spokesperson for the agency previously confirmed to Goldberg the Signal group chat "appears to be an authentic message chain."

Later, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to confirm to CNN the veracity of Goldberg's story while saying the national security team still had the full backing of the president.

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