Summary
Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief revealed he was accidentally included in a Trump administration Signal chat discussing Yemen airstrikes.
Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) called for investigations and firings, labeling it a serious security breach.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized the use of non-secure systems, warning that adversaries like Russia and China could exploit it.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) condemned the administration’s mishandling of classified information, saying it endangers national security.
Meanwhile, I suspect that someone on the inside quietly looped the journalist into the group as a way to expose what’s been going on. If so, that person is in grave danger.
Mike Waltz invited him into the chat, so I find that unlikely.
I haven’t found anything so far saying who invited him in. Just passive voice that he was “inadvertently” included. So in your source that it was Waltz, did it say whether he personally did it or was it one of his staff? I’d be interested to know how it happened. Did someone misunderstand who “JG” meant? (apparently it was just his initials). If so, who with the initials JG did they think they were inviting. I’d appreciate any link with that info if you have it.
It was his top aide I believe. I don’t know I read it this morning having the same conversation with my little brother. This is the article, I would dig up the relevant part but I am about to head out the door.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/mike-waltz-signal-chat-resign-00246541
Thanks. From reading that it sounds like it was indeed Waltz himself. He is described as “the top aide” (who included Goldberg) .
Ah thanks!
Yeah I wasn’t quite sure about that when I read it, I thought maybe that was synonymous with him but I wasn’t sure.
They were a bit vague, I think because they don’t know whether Waltz personally set up the chat or had someone under him do it for him. Either way he’s the participant who is responsible for the invites. I’d just like more details on how it could have even happened that JG was added.
So many questions. Did Waltz (or underling) think the initials represented someone else they meant to add (and if so, who)? Did they just fat finger tapping on a list of names? Or maybe carelessly re-used a name list from some previous chat that JG was in? If it was an underling, did they know who JG was and deliberately added him in to leak the illegal avoidance of the Records Act that’s been going on? It’s all just so weird.
Yeah for sure. It’s very weird.