The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are now demanding an investigation into the inclusion of the Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg on an encrypted text thread where Secretary Hegseth disclosed the schedule and methods of an attack on Houthi rebels. President Trump has so far said that the whole affair was a simple mistake and that no one is likely to be fired as a result. 

The Senate committee’s two leaders — Senator Wicker and Senator Reed — said in a letter on Thursday to the Pentagon’s inspector general that there should be a full account of what happened, why it happened, and how similar events can be prevented in the future.