National security adviser Mike Waltz added a journalist in the Signal group chat after he mistakenly saved his number last year under the contact card of the national security council spokesperson, per 3 ppl familiar. @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

hugolowell.bsky.social • 3 days ago

National security adviser Mike Waltz added a journalist in the Signal group chat after he mistakenly saved his number last year under the contact card of the national security council spokesperson, per 3 ppl familiar. @theguardian.com exclusive https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened

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xnomads.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is why SCIFs are superior to group chats.

rayme77.bsky.social•3 days ago

Headline: “Waltz gets caught in more lies surrounding Signalgate.”

alialter.bsky.social•2 days ago

All of the “errors” from the Trump camp make me wonder if there are moles in their staff that are committed to making him look like the buffoon he is.

elliot66.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dummy

jennymarie84.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

brianmasson.bsky.social•2 days ago

With every spin, they dig their grave deeper. In this one, they admitted Waltz used his private phone for group chats with classified information.

kittykittymewmew.bsky.social•1 day ago

So Mike Waltz is just supremely bad at technology all around?

birdverted.bsky.social•3 days ago

westcoastnirvana.bsky.social•2 days ago

When you hire only the finest.

notesinthemargin.bsky.social•2 days ago

So.. he is careless and it took them how long to come up with this excuse?

Meanwhile.. they are using SIGNAL

brianmasson.bsky.social•2 days ago

AND ... Waltz is using his private phone for the group chats.

melaniewasserman.bsky.social•3 days ago

It can happen. After one IOS upgrade, some of my contacts got scrambled/ put under the wrong name. That’s why you want to use secure comms, not something you informally set up on your iphone.

theotherthinz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Okay, who's getting sucked in now...or is that off now?

jt-allen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oops.

progressivepeter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Make no mistake: someone much further down the food chain will get the blame.

bseadeer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Waltz needs to go

louisamiller.bsky.social•3 days ago

When you read the sequence, that's so possible to happen frequently. And it's conducting the conversation on Signal that allowed it. Why in God's name would this story "clear" Waltz?

sheesh49.bsky.social•3 days ago

What bullshit! This doesn’t pass the smell test! Utterly pathetic!

paisliegiraffe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Utter incompetence.

flashback21.bsky.social•3 days ago

Took him a week to come up with that alibi.

darlinhesaid.bsky.social•3 days ago

The damage control presents a most unlikely series of “missteps” that achieved a result of boasting of Trump’s mission success to the premier publication of anti-Trump analysis while using Signals to avoid government records and FOIA.

dh-web.bsky.social•3 days ago

It appears that Waltz sent a chat link to Putin, with GOLDBERG being assigned as his "code name".
Kim Jong Un will be provided the "code name" CNN for upcoming Signal chats.
.
(Unfortunately, on the Houthi chat, the WRONG "Goldberg" was added. "Won't happen again")

yarnlover.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's that incompetent inattention to detail that made him so qualified to serve in the Musk-Trump regime. And his willingness to do what he was told and lie whenever possible.

sfgjjjcs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hello, please, my friend, help me quote the tweet. We are dying of hunger. There is no food. My family needs food. Please do not ignore me.https://chuffed.org/project/help-heba-and-her-family-survive-the-unrelenting-onslaught-on-gaza

sanquistador.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mike Waltz is definitely a guy who would click on a phishing email but is also our National Security Advisor.

pemo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, if there‘s a beautiful Ukrainian girl… …or a 10 feet cock in 10 seconds promise… …pr this famous Nigerian prince who wants to give away 50 million $$$…
Nobody can resist that 🤷🏻‍♀️

primeministah.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mike Waltz == deep throat 2.0

dayvehuse.bsky.social•2 days ago

He might well be...😏

micfarris.bsky.social•3 days ago

If this mistake really happened this way, why did Goldberg show up in the chat as “JG”?

Something still isn’t quite right with this explanation…

jennvg.bsky.social•3 days ago

As I understand how Signal works, Goldberg would've been able to opt to display his initials upon receiving the invite, while Waltz would see his phone number, since he invited him from his contacts.

mtproteus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Any successful Waltz requires proper human contact

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good piece but closing paragraphs look like Maggie Haberman-caliber stenography.

Overall great reporting. I'm not a journo, am a techie. Want to honor the big picture.

But that part about no interagency chat under Biden is a disaster. Even if true! No critical thinking about that excuse. Awful.

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Liars lie but arguendo let's assume it's true.

1. SIGNAL IS INSECURE and violates records laws. Secure platforms doubtless existed for these comms.

Of fucking course an insecure platform is more convenient! Almost always. Why bother encrypting at all? Just email blast the whole thing publicly!

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

1 cont'd
You tacitly accept this excuse unquestioningly. You cheat the reader by failing to note this "inconvenience" bothered them because they were BREAKING THE LAW with an insecure platform.

2. Don't journo ethics require seeing multiple perspectives?

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

2 cont'd
One of the ppl" "briefed on the matter" blamed the Biden admin. Did you ask someone from the Biden admin? Did you ask anyone credible in cybersecurity about convenience trade-offs?

Why would anyone believe Trump admin sources blaming Biden on their own say so?!

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

(Aside: Hilariously I'll bet your sources think this piece is exculpatory. "Biden wouldn't bequeath us an insecure inconvenient interagency system with no audit trail!"

They're confessing to grave felonies. So, terrific reporting to get them to cooperate with that. Mean that sincerely.)

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•2 days ago

3. More generally we don't have enough info to evaluate sources. Without Biden or tech sources only supported claim that they received such and such briefing.

Anything implying truth claims beyond that is unsupported fluff. Should be cut; should be clearly marked if included.

barefootdog.bsky.social•3 days ago

WHY HAS HE NOT BEEN FIRED YET?

blue-co-tim.bsky.social•2 days ago

EVERY SINGLE non MAGAT NEEDS TO STOP

STOP

CALLING THIS

AN ACCIDENT

slipping on ice?

Accident

Little kid shooting a gun he finds? NEGLIGENCE

& SIGNALGate??

GROSS NEGLIGENCE

Every single member of trump cult on that platform needs to be fired & then indicted

Federal Records Act

enzo51.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oops.

gna2511.bsky.social•3 days ago

Still not making sense. If JG number was saved as BH contact. BH would have displayed on message. Instead it was JG that displayed. C’mon do better journalism!!! 🤷‍♂️

cesear410.bsky.social•3 days ago

earthgirl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Clowns

lealeander.bsky.social•3 days ago

blahblahblah. Waltz is a fucking idiot - got it.

mitchking.bsky.social•3 days ago

My phone always asks me to confirm before associating a number with a contact…

michelecollins5411.bsky.social•3 days ago

If it was saved under the contact info for 'Brian Hughes', then why were the initials 'JG' instead of 'BH'?

lindayoung164.bsky.social•3 days ago

No more excuses! You endangered our military. You discussed top secret plans on a public chat.

alyayl.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvgyh7cmqpo7ddnoi7i6nthc/post/3llzexi5rxk2o

systemisbroken.bsky.social•3 days ago

I smell 🐂 💩. He doesn’t want people thinking that he was leaking to a journalist, which is why he would have that number saved in his phone. Maybe he saved the number under a different name, in case somebody went through his contact list.

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

I find it plausible. It's simply hilarious anyone thinks blaming AI is exculpatory when Musk wants the whole govt 100% dependent on AI. It's damning and they don't understand why.

systemisbroken.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please, it wasn’t AI. He might have forgotten that he saved the number under a different name.

dcee60.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤣 National Security Adviser lol

classicnal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Narcissists never take responsibility, admit a mistake, or apologize.

radiobill.bsky.social•3 days ago

I could be wrong but this seems to imply he sucks as national security

newyorkshitty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gerontocracy in action. The fish really does rot from the head down. Maybe he has grandkids who could help him? 🤔

nomobytes.bsky.social•3 days ago

It got sucked in...

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•3 days ago

@nick-carmody.bsky.social

vjswv.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mikey Waltz a MAGAt must be stopped he's a despicable human a disgrace

upstateny.bsky.social•3 days ago

So basically....God wanted us to know and subtly made it happen.

michael103.bsky.social•3 days ago

If he can’t use a phone he shouldn’t be allowed to have one; or the job that goes with it.

tck-original.bsky.social•3 days ago

So, it is one of those cases where they all just shrug their shoulders ( of responsibility ) and mumble something about God working in mysterious ways.

saneresponz.bsky.social•3 days ago

So... it was National Security Advisor Waltz's incompetence and sloppiness that exposed his incompetence and sloppiness?

alyayl.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvgyh7cmqpo7ddnoi7i6nthc/post/3llzexi5rxk2o

pomeranianranger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Their incompetence and sloppiness exposed their *illegal* acts. Using signal to discuss war plans (and others) to circumvent record keeping is illegal. They did an illegal thing, whether or not the reporter was in on it.

saneresponz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes they did.

texasyeti63.bsky.social•2 days ago

But what about the guy that actually posted unnecessarily detailed attack plans in a group chat on a public messaging platform...

thekrakensays.bsky.social•2 days ago

They were photographed together in 2019 and and 2021. Those photos were published at the time on social media. Waltz knows him. That’s why his number was in his phone. This isn’t hard to figure out. There’s not a mystery.

dontinnovate.bsky.social•3 days ago

3 liars in this administration???

wilken.bsky.social•3 days ago

Currently opsec is at 100%

pinksim.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why would the national security council spokesperson need to be involved in that group chat anyways?

bluekansas.bsky.social•2 days ago

And I have ocean front property for sale in the middle of Kansas.

inkogneto.bsky.social•2 days ago

So, who was the JG he thought he was adding to the illegal chat group?

auntrove.bsky.social•3 days ago

This episode is pretty good justification for requiring the more secure communication platform for sensitive information.

bellchamber.bsky.social•2 days ago

THE POINT IS they shouldn't be using Signal at all.

juliejones.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't care that you sent it to a journalist by accident. I DO care that you think discussing such plans via text is okay. Did you have [email protected] in your contacts, too?🤦‍♀️

alyayl.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvgyh7cmqpo7ddnoi7i6nthc/post/3llzexi5rxk2o

lyledal.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Mistakenly saved..."

chambie58.bsky.social•2 days ago

It got sucked in!

lizziebourbon.bsky.social•3 days ago

Lock. Him. Up.

boatman62.bsky.social•2 days ago

So it wasn't just raw incompetence and stupidity?

bikeguy2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

Those in WAR CHAT GROUP violated basic security on OPSEC procedures in an effort to hide their efforts.

extndr46.bsky.social•2 days ago

Honestly I don't think the story is that he had Goldberg's number ! The story is transmitting war information in the clear. IDAGF if he had his number in his device. It's how they just callously put of classified information ! They re all inept every last fucking one of them !

kfhughes.bsky.social•3 days ago

So, it's Tim Cooks fault. Got it.

jbatnc.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should NOT have been on Signal.

They have staff to make sure comms are secure.

Trump’s people are incompetent.

equaloppcynic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course but for some reason Hugo or his editor didn't think we needed to consider that angle. I expect that from shitty NYT WH stenographers, not the Guardian.

alyayl.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvgyh7cmqpo7ddnoi7i6nthc/post/3llzexi5rxk2o

gns1birdsong.bsky.social•3 days ago

Doesn’t this explanation also suggest that Waltz and the others were also using their personal cell phones while they were using a commercial 3rd party texting app to share highly sensitive national security information? Use of personal cell phones seems to just make the scandal that much worse.

west-is-west.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t believe this is true, but it’s possible. When your explanation may be a lie but best case is that you’re an incompetent idiot...

starjet.bsky.social•3 days ago

AI gotcha again! 😂

". . . number was erroneously saved during a “contact suggestion update” by Waltz’s iPhone, which one person described as the function where an iPhone algorithm adds a previously unknown number to an existing contact that it detects may be related."

paulaptb.bsky.social•3 days ago

So it wasn't "sucked in" as he claimed. 🙄
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-got-sucked-phone-mike-120014582.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE8EzAxweZOgVWwAW8zZPOsr-Anh2kPGLHSibWi_mnWD_ZSnqdyqL0sselJljUtfp9C3BwAosEji1bSTvyY2vqyg2GCafpFujk1JSEJihw2WRdzYQSDrFtI53_4k4E24-a4TqTWL0xI2-cMx_IJPrgU4RlPh6JgIoRYtXB-s2asp

paulaptb.bsky.social•3 days ago

So in fact the number wasn't just "sucked in" to Walz' phone. 🙄
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-got-sucked-hone-mike-120014582.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE8EzAxweZOgVWwAW8zZPOsr-Anh2kPGLHSibWi_mnWD_ZSnqdyqL0sselJljUtfp9C3BwAosEji1bSTvyY2vqyg2GCafpFujk1JSEJihw2WRdzYQSDrFtI53_4k4E24-a4TqTWL0xI2-cMx_IJPrgU4RlPh6JgIoRYtXB-s2asp

henryhill1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Been waiting for an explanation for how this happened.

heidipoll.bsky.social•3 days ago

And yet the contact still shows as “JG”. If he saved the contact as Brian Hughes, it would have shown BH… this is BS

mackey331.bsky.social•3 days ago

Here go the dopey media reporting the cover up lies as truths.

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