Discussing Yemen military plan in group chat a ‘mistake’, says Trump official

Tulsi Gabbard at the House Intelligence Committee (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence has acknowledged it was a “mistake” for security officials to discuss sensitive military plans in a group text chain that also included a journalist.

Tulsi Gabbard told the House Intelligence Committee the conversation included “candid and sensitive” information about military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, but as she told senators during evidence on Tuesday, she said the texts did not contain any classified information.