Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned the White House following a classified US military plan leaking unintentionally to a journalist through the encrypted messaging platform Signal.
In a Politico report, Carney had urged the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership Canada, US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand to take a lesson from the blunder. The leak took place when The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally added to an invite-only message thread where US plans to bomb Yemen were being discussed.
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Talking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a campaign stop for Canada’s federal election late last month, Carney emphasized the gravity of the situation.
“When errors occur and sensitive intelligence is leaked, lessons need to be learned to avoid a repetition,” Carney stated. “It’s a serious, serious matter, and all lessons have to be taken.”
Carney reaffirmed Canada’s support for its intelligence partnership with the US but emphasized accountability was paramount.
We have an extremely close intelligence relationship with the Americans through Five Eyes. Blunders do occur, but how they react matters,” he added. “They should not reject the blunders but be frank and transparent about them.
The Atlantic’s exposure, made available on Monday, has caused dismay among US national security staff and politicians. Politico, on the other hand, had reported that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz could be used as a scapegoat for the mistake, with US President Donald Trump revealing his confidence in Waltz in an interview with NBC News.
Carney’s comments are made amid heightened diplomatic tensions between Canada and the US, with Trump threatening additional tariffs and even annexation of Canada as the 51st state. Carney, who was sworn in on March 9 after replacing Justin Trudeau, said he would only talk to Trump if the president shows respect for Canadian sovereignty.
