Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the leaked Signal chat on Wednesday, acknowledging that “someone made a big mistake” by adding a journalist from The Atlantic to the group text involving top national security officials.

Rubio, speaking to reporters from Jamaica, explained that the purpose of the encrypted Signal text chain was for officials to coordinate and communicate with each other.

The revelation that potentially classified information might have been exchanged on a platform vulnerable to Russian hackers, and that the chat included an editor from The Atlantic, caused widespread concern. However, the administration insists no classified intelligence was shared in the messages.

“Obviously, someone made a mistake. Someone made a big mistake and added a journalist,” Rubio stated. “Nothing against journalists. But you ain’t supposed to be on that thing.”

He added, “I contributed to it twice. I identified my point of contact, which is my chief of staff, and then later on, I think three hours after the White House’s official announcements had been made, I congratulated the members of the team.”

Rubio clarified that while the information exchanged was not technically classified and did not “at any point threaten the operation of the lives of our servicemen,” it was “not intended to be divulged,” and the White House is investigating the situation.

President has minimized the incident, calling it “the only glitch in two months” of his administration and telling NBC News that it “turned out not to be a serious one.”

National security advisor Mike Waltz, who reportedly created the text chain and mistakenly added the Atlantic editor, told ’ Laura Ingraham that he took “full responsibility” for the “embarrassing” mishap.

Similarly, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that including a reporter in a text group containing “candid and sensitive” information was a “mistake.”

She also affirmed that the texts did not contain any classified information during her testimony before senators on Tuesday.

Disagreement arose between The Atlantic’s reporting and the White House after the administration stated that no “war planning” information was shared.

Waltz tweeted on Wednesday, “No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS. Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent.”

The Atlantic, however, maintains that the texts did include “attack plans.”

The Atlantic reported that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote in the text exchange: “TEAM UPDATE: TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch. 1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package). 1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s),”

He later added: “1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package). 1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets). 1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched,”

Rubio, aligning with other administration officials, referred to the Pentagon’s assessment regarding the release of classified information by its leader, stating, “They made very clear that [the texts] didn’t put in danger anyone’s life or the mission at the time.”

“There was no intelligence information,” Rubio concluded.

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