Goldberg writes in an article that US national security adviser Mike Waltz added him in a group Chat in the encrypted message service Signal, and that Defense Minister Pete Hegseth later sent a text message to the group on March 15 with the attack plans, about two hours before they were put into the work.
The White House confirms the incident.
“We review how a number was inadvertently added to the chain,” says Brian Hughes, spokesman for the US National Security Council, writes AFP.
Trump: Know nothing about that
President Donald Trump, on the other hand, says he is completely unaware of the security leak.
“I don’t know anything about it,” he says at a press conference after getting a question from a reporter.
– This is the first thing I hear about it.
May have violated rules
According to The Atlantic, some of the messages in the group were canceled so that they disappeared either after a week and or after four weeks. According to the magazine, it raises questions about violations of rules on archiving that type of documents.
“According to the archival laws that apply to the White House and federal authorities, it is prohibited for all state employees to use electronic message programs as a signal for official cases, unless these messages are immediately forwarded or copied to an official government account,” said Jason R. Baron, professor at the University of Maryland.
“Intentional violations of these requirements are a basis for disciplinary measures,” he also says.
Jeffrey Goldberg writes in the article that he has never heard of a case where a journalist was invited to this type of discussion.
“It is not uncommon for national security officials to communicate on signal. But the app is mainly used for meeting planning and other logistical issues – not for detailed and very confidential discussions about an imminent military action,” Goldberg writes.