War Plans Group Chat, Alien Enemies Act, U.S. Greenland Visit

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🗓️ 25 March 2025

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A national security breach reveals that U.S. military plans were accidentally shared in a group chat on a commercial app, including a journalist. The Trump Administration faces legal challenges over deporting Venezuelan migrants under a centuries-old law, while the White House invokes state secrets privilege to block a court inquiry. And, Second Lady Usha Vance's controversial visit to Greenland raises questions about the U.S. government's intentions amid ongoing diplomatic tensions.

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0:00.0	U.S. military plans were discussed on a group chat that included apparently by accident a journalist.
0:08.8	I'm sitting in my car and I get this war plan from Pete Hexeth.
0:13.3	Why were sensitive plans to strike Yemen shared on an unsecured messaging app?
0:17.1	I'm Michelle Martin. That's Lila Faddle. And this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.5	A federal judge says the Trump administration did not give appropriate due process to
0:26.8	hundreds of Venezuelan migrants when it deported them under a wartime law.
0:31.2	Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act than has happened here.
0:35.4	What is the administration's argument?
0:37.1	And the Prime Minister of Greenland is not happy about an upcoming visit. An Enemy Act that has happened here. What is the administration's argument?
0:42.4	And the Prime Minister of Greenland is not happy about an upcoming visit from Second Lady Ushah Vance.
0:43.6	International travel is often set up as a way to connect with the voting public.
0:50.8	But Greenland sees it as aggressive.
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1:18.7	In an extraordinary security breach, the country's most senior security officials created a
1:24.0	group chat on a messaging app to discuss U.S. airstrikes on Yemen.
1:28.1	Now, two important points about this.
1:30.2	First, the group chat was on Signal, not a secure U.S. government network.
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