Mar 25, 2025 05:56 AM
(This post was last modified: Mar 25, 2025 06:32 AM by Magical Realist.)
This I predict will only be the first of a long series of procedural and security screw-ups we will see as a result of Trump/Musk firing so many experienced and knowledgeable govt employees for no reason. Some may be from various now overworked and un-crosstrained employees accidentally dropping the ball. Others may be deliberate acts by disgruntled workers suddenly being subjected to a hostile workplace environment. Hence this whole new thread on it. Stand by for more embarrassing gaffes as they happen...
"The administration of United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that a journalist from The Atlantic magazine was included in a private social media chat about upcoming attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
On Monday, The Atlantic published an article from editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, in which he described the stunning realisation that he had been added to a group chat where high-level government officials were discussing military actions.
“I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m [15:44 GMT].”
Goldberg explained that he received a messaging request from a user named “Michael Waltz” on the encrypted messaging app Signal. At first, he doubted that this Waltz could be the real Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser.
But soon, he found himself in the midst of a conversation with 18 government officials, some of whom appeared to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Hegseth.
“I have never seen a breach quite like this,” Goldberg wrote. He ultimately notified the White House about the security breach and removed himself from the chat.
The Trump administration has confirmed the incident in a statement from the National Security Council that was shared with the media.
“At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,” council spokesperson Brian Hughes said in the statement.
“The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials.”.
Trump was likewise pressed on the scandal during a White House event to unveil a steel mill for the automaker Hyundai in Louisiana.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump began, before taking a swipe at the magazine itself.
“I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.”
He proceeded to ask reporters to give him details about the security breach.
“What were they talking about?” Trump asked. He then appeared to confuse the breach with an intentional attempt to subvert the US military operation in Yemen.
“It couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective. I can tell you that,” Trump said. “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.”
But critics are already calling for an investigation into what occurred. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, was among those who said Congress should hold an oversight hearing and demand accountability.
“Jeffrey Goldberg’s reporting in The Atlantic calls for a prompt and thorough investigation,” Coons wrote on social media.
“If senior advisors to President Trump in fact used non-secure, non-government systems to discuss and convey detailed war plans, it’s a shocking breach of the standards for sharing classified information that could have put American servicemembers at risk.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24...e-atlantic
"The administration of United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that a journalist from The Atlantic magazine was included in a private social media chat about upcoming attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
On Monday, The Atlantic published an article from editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, in which he described the stunning realisation that he had been added to a group chat where high-level government officials were discussing military actions.
“I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m [15:44 GMT].”
Goldberg explained that he received a messaging request from a user named “Michael Waltz” on the encrypted messaging app Signal. At first, he doubted that this Waltz could be the real Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser.
But soon, he found himself in the midst of a conversation with 18 government officials, some of whom appeared to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and Hegseth.
“I have never seen a breach quite like this,” Goldberg wrote. He ultimately notified the White House about the security breach and removed himself from the chat.
The Trump administration has confirmed the incident in a statement from the National Security Council that was shared with the media.
“At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain,” council spokesperson Brian Hughes said in the statement.
“The thread is a demonstration of the deep and thoughtful policy coordination between senior officials.”.
Trump was likewise pressed on the scandal during a White House event to unveil a steel mill for the automaker Hyundai in Louisiana.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump began, before taking a swipe at the magazine itself.
“I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.”
He proceeded to ask reporters to give him details about the security breach.
“What were they talking about?” Trump asked. He then appeared to confuse the breach with an intentional attempt to subvert the US military operation in Yemen.
“It couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective. I can tell you that,” Trump said. “I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time.”
But critics are already calling for an investigation into what occurred. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, was among those who said Congress should hold an oversight hearing and demand accountability.
“Jeffrey Goldberg’s reporting in The Atlantic calls for a prompt and thorough investigation,” Coons wrote on social media.
“If senior advisors to President Trump in fact used non-secure, non-government systems to discuss and convey detailed war plans, it’s a shocking breach of the standards for sharing classified information that could have put American servicemembers at risk.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24...e-atlantic
