Trump's team is once again being accused of leaking data. What the media is writing

Another scandal is unfolding in the United States around the Signal chat: as it turned out, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth duplicated information about the strikes on Yemen in a chat that included members of his family. What the foreign press writes about the second "Alarmgate" and how the administration of former US President Joe Biden handled confidential information is in the Izvestia digest

The Washington Post: The White House kept open access to confidential information for four years

According to internal records reviewed by The Washington Post, government officials under Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump improperly passed confidential documents to thousands of federal employees, including secret floor plans of the White House. Employees inadvertently shared a Google Drive folder containing confidential documents with all the general services staff, which is more than 11,200 people.

The data transfer, which lasted for at least four years, suggests the careless handling of confidential information by both the Trump and Biden administrations. A special prosecutor's report last year found that Biden was negligent in keeping classified documents and notebooks at his home. 9 of the 15 files placed in the Google Drive folder were marked as "controlled unclassified information," which means "confidential information that does not meet the classification criteria, but should still be protected."

The New York Times: Hegseth shared details of the attack on Yemen in another Signal chat

According to four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about the upcoming strikes on Yemen on March 15 in a closed-door Signal group chat, which included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. The information included a flight schedule for F/A-18 Hornet fighters, essentially the same attack plans that were posted on the same day in another Signal chat, in which The Atlantic editor mistakenly participated.

Hegseth did not use the chat from the government, but from his personal phone. The chat was originally intended to discuss routine administrative or planning information, and was not used to discuss important military operations, two people said.

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CNN: Hegseth shared detailed war plans in Second Signal Chat

The chat was created during Hegseth's tumultuous confirmation hearing process so that his closest allies could strategize, two people familiar with the situation said. But Hegseth continued to use the chat to communicate even after his candidacy was approved. Information about the existence of the correspondence appeared after some of Hegseth's closest advisers began sounding the alarm about the mass dismissals of senior officials at the Pentagon.

The news followed chaos at the Ministry of Defense after Hegseth fired his top adviser Dan Caldwell, Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnik, and Colin Carroll, who served as chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Last week, Pentagon officials said the chaos was the result of an investigation into the leak. But sources told CNN that the dismissals are just one of the symptoms of the dysfunction that has gripped Hegseth's office over the past five weeks, including the ongoing feuds between Caldwell, Selnik and Carroll.

Politico: former Pentagon press secretary John Ulliott spoke about the chaos inside the department

On Friday, Hegseth fired three of its most dedicated senior employees. After that, Defense Ministry officials who worked for Hegseth tried to anonymously slander the aides in front of reporters, claiming that they had been fired for leaking confidential information as part of an investigation ordered earlier this month. According to rumors, new layoffs may follow.

The vague rebuttal prompted reporter Jeffrey Goldberg to post the full recording of Hegseth's chat with detailed operational plans two days later, turning an already high-profile story into a weeks-long embarrassment for the president's national security service. It was only the beginning of a month of hell. The Wall Street Journal and other publications reported that Hegseth "brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military colleagues, where confidential information was discussed." And the news keeps coming. There are likely to be even more high-profile stories this week, as key Pentagon reporters have privately informed their sources.

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ABC News: The Pentagon is investigating information about the second Signal chat

Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, responded to reports of the second chat on Sunday evening: "Another day, another old story — rising from the dead. The Trump-hating media continues to obsessively destroy anyone who is committed to President Trump's agenda." His statement also said that none of the Signal chats contained any classified information.

The Trump administration has repeatedly denied transmitting any classified information, but several former U.S. officials have argued that transmitting such information through unauthorized channels could at least put military personnel abroad at risk. The officials accused of the leak said the accusations against them were groundless. "At the moment, we have not yet been informed exactly why an investigation was conducted against us, whether an active investigation is still underway, or whether a real investigation into the leaks was conducted at all," the joint statement said on April 19.