Editor 'Atlantic Inadvertently added it In group chat about very sensitive US bombing plans days ago.
“I'm just not going to comment on my relationship with Mike Waltz,” Goldberg said in an interview with CBS News.
Waltz claimed that he “never met” with Goldberg, would not be able to choose him from the police staff and smashed his reputation, calling it “the bottom of the journalists.” But the photos emerged online Earlier on Wednesday, they were together at the French Embassy in 2021.
“When your eyeballs see us together, I suppose your eyeballs see us together,” Goldberg said from the photos.
Waltz also suggested that Goldberg somehow added himself to the signal chat, which also included the Vice President J. D. Vens and Defense Minister Pitt Hugset – or that some other technical failure that led to the violation. Goldberg called the claims “crazy”.
“It happened on March 11,” Goldberg continued. “I received a request for a message from Michael Waltz. I accepted a request for a message. That's what happened.” Signal only allows users to add people to the chats by phone number, QR -Code or the username they want to add. The Atlantic History, published on Wednesday, included a screenshot that showed Waltz as an administrator and “JG” as a member of the group chat called “Huti PC is a small group”.
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“If I am such a whimsical character,” said Goldberg, “why am I on Mike Waltz's phone? Why did he have my phone number? Why did he turn me on this chat? And what do you expect the reporter to do when you learn interesting information about how the administration is considering hostilities? What do they really think what happens? “
Goldberg did not publish the contents of the message theme to more than a week after Yemen came. Monday he posted chunk Detailed, as it was added to the chat 18 people, and characterized parts of the conversation about the plans for the bombing goals, and not quoting them directly, citing its problems, which details were too sensitive to the publication. But after the participants of the group and President Trump repeatedly denied that the information was attributed to Goldberg, after checking the administration to find out whether the officials want something edited, published Text messages About the strike on Wednesday.
Additional messages showed that Hugset provided detailed information on the strike group aimed at Huti's rebels earlier this month, including the terms when fighter jets would take off and what weapons will be used.
Goldberg said there was information in the public's interest and be able to judge the incident for himself.
“The public has the right to know if there is a massive security violation in the US National Security apparatus. There is obvious evidence that we are talking about real-time exploration and military information about an open source exchange, which they should not use for this kind,” Goldberg said. “When journalists discover a massive violation of national security, it is our duty to tell the society.”
