Goldberg dismisses Waltz’s Signal leak defense: ‘Numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

Summary

Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg rejected National Security Adviser Mike Waltz’s claim that Goldberg’s number was accidentally added to a Signal group chat about a U.S. strike on Houthi rebels.

Goldberg called the defense implausible and said Waltz already had his number.

The leak, dubbed “Signalgate,” raised security concerns as it involved classified discussions. Trump denied Waltz offered to resign and defended him.

Critics, including Sen. Mark Warner and Susan Rice, condemned the breach as reckless, with Rice calling it “unprecedented” and grounds for immediate termination in any prior administration.