Congressman Krishnamoorthi Slams Trump Administration Officials For Endangering U.S. Security And Service Members By Mishandling Classified Information in Interview with Chris[...]

WASHINGTON - During an interview tonight on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee, sharply criticized the Trump Administration's exposure of highly sensitive, imminent military plans through senior officials carelessly including a journalist on a group chat in violation of security standards for such discussions. Congressman Krishnamoorthi was the first Member of Congress to call for the investigation when the news broke on Tuesday, when AtlanticEditor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg published an article revealing he had been mistakenly added to the Signal chat on which Secretary of Defense Hegseth disclosed secret war plans.

The interview comes ahead of tomorrow's 2025 Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment hearing, during which the Director of National Intelligence, CIA Director, and other top American intelligence officials are set to testify before the House Intelligence Committee.

Calling the use of unsecured messaging platforms for sensitive national security discussions "dangerous" and "unconscionable," Congressman Krishnamoorthi warned that the failure of the officials to take responsibility "means that this is going to happen," in the absence of forceful oversight.

"The spinning and the refusal to acknowledge gross negligence here means this could happen again - at senior levels or by younger personnel who take cues from their superiors," he said. "This endangers America because our adversaries will get a hold of this information, and our sons and daughters in uniform will be at risk."

Congressman Krishnamoorthi also drew parallels between the mishandling of national secrets and the casual treatment of Americans' personal data by Elon Musk, DOGE, and others in the Trump Administration. "It's part of a pattern - of kind of careless treatment of people's information and the nation's information, and its secrets. And it's going to come back to bite us."

Footage of the full interview is available here.