The Atlantic has released the text messages that include attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen, messages that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg received after being inadvertently added to a group text chain on Signal that included many of the highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration.

The story stunned the political and media establishment, sparking jealousy from other journalists, and shock from national security experts that people like the National Security Adviser and Secretary of Defense would play so loose with operational security.

Top officials — including President Trump — have said that no classified information was shared in the chats, though The Atlantic says that it opted to withhold the name of CIA director John Ratcliffe’s chief of staff at the agency’s request. The officials also said that no war plans were shared in the group chat.

“These statements presented us with a dilemma. In The Atlantic’s initial story...