GOP Lawmaker Says Russia and China Saw Group Chat

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told CNN there’s “no doubt” that Russia and China were monitoring the U.S. officials’ devices used for a war plan group chat.

Said Bacon: “I will guarantee you, 99.99 percent with confidence, Russia and China are monitoring those two phones. So I just think it’s a security violation, and there’s no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff within hours of the actual attacks on Yemen or the Houthis.”

He added: “They intentionally put highly classified information on an unclassified device. I would have lost my security clearance in the Air Force for this and for a lot less.”