Schumer, top Democrats on war plans group chat: 'Astonishingly poor judgment'

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and the Democratic leaders of several national security-related Senate committees sent a letter to President Trump expressing “extreme alarm about the astonishingly poor judgment” shown by Cabinet officials who discussed war planning on a group chat with a journalist.

“Let us be clear, if any American military servicemember, intelligence official, or law enforcement officer committed such an egregious breach of operational security and endangered the lives of their comrades downrange...