The chat is out of the bag: a stunning leak

聊天内容泄露:惊人的泄密事件

The Intelligence from The Economist

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2025-03-25

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Put aside for the moment the outrageous security breach of a journalist being brought in on classified military planning: a leaked group chat reveals much about the Trump administration's transactional, anti-European ethos. The story of a Nigerian senator shows how vile politics can be for the country's women (10:23). And why not to be too bothered by colleagues stealing your ideas (16:26).
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Nigerian politics is a nasty place for women.

  • Our correspondent says that's apparent in the details of a sexual harassment scandal that'll be litigated in a parliamentary hearing today.

  • And there's one behaviour that employees find more annoying than any other,

  • having their ideas stolen.

  • But our columnist says there are plenty of reasons to forgive thieving colleagues or to wait for the theft to backfire.

  • First up, though.

  • Ten days ago,

  • America carried out the largest airstrikes on Yemen

  • since President Trump took office again.

  • The targets were radar and drone systems used by Houthi rebels,

  • an Iran-backed militia that's been threatening trade routes in the Red Sea since 2023.

  • You know who wasn't surprised by the strikes?

  • Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Magazine.

  • You know why?

  • Because he had been added to a group on the encrypted messaging app Signal,

  • in which everybody who's anybody in America's security establishment was plotting out the attacks.