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National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak — cl
« on: March 25, 2025, 08:20:01 pm »
National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak — claims he’s unaware how ‘vile’ Atlantic editor’s info got ‘sucked into’ his phone

By Victor Nava
NY Post (Mar. 25, 2025)
https://nypost.com/2025/03/25/us-news/national-security-adviser-mike-waltz-takes-full-responsibility-for-embarrassing-signal-leak/

“Well, look, a staffer wasn’t responsible,” Waltz told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham in his first media interview since the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he was privy to the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and planning of March 15 airstrikes after being added to text chain on the encrypted Signal app by the national security adviser.

“So, of course I didn’t see this loser in the group,” he continued, referring to Goldberg, who is viewed by many as an antagonist of  Trump. “It looked like someone else.

“Now, whether he did it deliberately or it happened by some other technical means is something we’re trying to figure out.”

Waltz described the incident as “embarrassing” — but vowed that the White House would “get to the bottom of it.”

“I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the president, who has lied to Gold Star families, lied to their attorneys, and gone to Russia hoax, gone to just all kinds of lengths to lie and smear the president of the United States, and he’s the one that somehow gets on somebody’s contact and then gets sucked into this group,” Waltz bemoaned.

The national security adviser said that he doesn’t believe Goldberg, whom he described as “vile,” was intentionally added to the group by a rogue White House staffer.

Waltz suggested that tech tycoon and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk might be able to help the White House figure out what happened.

“I just talked to Elon on the way here,” Waltz said. “We’ve got the best technical minds looking at how this happened.”

“But I can tell you for 100% — I don’t know this guy. I know him by his horrible reputation. And he really is the bottom scum of journalists,” he vehemently said of Goldberg....
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2025, 08:24:11 pm »
Elon is on the case...he will find who and what happened...
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2025, 08:27:44 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 25, 2025, 08:24:11 pm
Elon is on the case...he will find who and what happened...

If not Elon...Big Balz will find out for sure!! 
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2025, 08:28:38 pm »
Does a commercial app like Signal have "military-grade" security?
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2025, 08:28:42 pm »
So if National Security Advisor Waltz is taking full responsibility, shouldn't he step down??
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2025, 08:32:15 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 25, 2025, 08:28:42 pm
So if National Security Advisor Waltz is taking full responsibility, shouldn't he step down??
Hell no!  Why give Democrats a scalp?  WTF cares??
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2025, 08:34:31 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 25, 2025, 08:28:42 pm
So if National Security Advisor Waltz is taking full responsibility, shouldn't he step down??

Recall, SOS Hillary Clinton used that line - "I take full responsibility" - back in 2012 when the Libyan Embassy was overrun by rebels, and people died ... yet, she never stepped down.

So Team Trump could simply point to her "example" ...
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2025, 08:35:23 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on March 25, 2025, 08:32:15 pm
Hell no!  Why give Democrats a scalp?  WTF cares??

That wasn't a recommendation but if he's claiming to take responsibility, it is likely that the DEMS will want his hide.  :shrug:
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2025, 08:38:25 pm »
Quote from: Canuck Conservative on March 25, 2025, 08:28:38 pm
Does a commercial app like Signal have "military-grade" security?

Signal has very good encryption/security. So much so that law enforcement can't normally break it.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2025, 08:40:42 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 25, 2025, 08:28:42 pm
So if National Security Advisor Waltz is taking full responsibility, shouldn't he step down??

Hell F#cking no.  What is wrong with you?   
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2025, 08:43:37 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on March 25, 2025, 08:40:42 pm
Hell F#cking no.  What is wrong with you?   

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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2025, 10:22:55 pm »
Quote from: Canuck Conservative on March 25, 2025, 08:28:38 pm
Does a commercial app like Signal have "military-grade" security?


Most likely.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2025, 10:23:26 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 25, 2025, 08:28:42 pm
So if National Security Advisor Waltz is taking full responsibility, shouldn't he step down??

Why?
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2025, 11:11:20 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on March 25, 2025, 10:23:26 pm
Why?

Captain Obvious, because he can't even keep up with the simplest of security like making sure a chat on Signal is only filled with the people with need to know clearance.

I get it, people on the right like him, but at that level of government this kind of crap needs to be 100% eliminated.

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The other question on the security of Signal... It is dang good, there is a reason some in government want to ban the app, and some countries do ban it. They can't read your messages. It is encrypted up the kazoo and has other features to prevent leaks... You have to authorize each other every so often, so it forces one to be in a tight knit group.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2025, 05:46:00 am »
Quote from: Sighlass on March 25, 2025, 11:11:20 pm
Captain Obvious, because he can't even keep up with the simplest of security like making sure a chat on Signal is only filled with the people with need to know clearance.

I get it, people on the right like him, but at that level of government this kind of crap needs to be 100% eliminated.

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The other question on the security of Signal... It is dang good, there is a reason some in government want to ban the app, and some countries do ban it. They can't read your messages. It is encrypted up the kazoo and has other features to prevent leaks... You have to authorize each other every so often, so it forces one to be in a tight knit group.

Unless actual significant damage occurred, that doesn’t stand to reason.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2025, 05:58:12 am »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 25, 2025, 08:24:11 pm
Elon is on the case...he will find who and what happened...

It's really pretty simple...Waltz had Goldberg in his contacts lists but then mistakenly added him to that chat instead of U.S. Trade Representative for the Middle East Jamieson Greer, who also sits on the National Security Council.  They share the same 'JG' initials, and for anybody who has ever used Signal, you can see how this happened.

The bottom line is that Goldberg should have never been on Waltz's contacts list in the first place.  Now Waltz is just blowing smoke and attacking Goldberg to mitigate his own gross error.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2025, 06:02:48 am »
Quote from: Canuck Conservative on March 25, 2025, 08:28:38 pm
Does a commercial app like Signal have "military-grade" security?

It's actually pretty good, as far as commercial products go.  But as we've seen, it's only as good as it's user's level of competence in operating the app.
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Re: National security adviser Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ for ‘embarrassing’ Signal leak
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2025, 01:54:33 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on March 25, 2025, 08:32:15 pm
Hell no!  Why give Democrats a scalp?  WTF cares??
because he was a mole on the inside leaking info to the Democrats. Inadvertent my foot, he did it on purpose.
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