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Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal
A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials. "I don't even know where to start with this," says one expert.
On ThursdaY, Reuters published a photo depicting then-United States national security advisor Mike Waltz checking his phone during a cabinet meeting held by President Trump in the White House. After senior Trump administration cabinet members used vanishing Signal messages to coordinate March military strikes in Yemen—and accidentally included the editor in chief of The Atlantic in the group chat—the "SignalGate" scandal highlighted concerning breaches of traditional government "operational security" protocol as well as compliance issues with federal records retention laws. The app was functioning normally and was simply being used at an inappropriate time for an incredibly sensitive discussion that should have been carried out on special-purpose, hardened federal devices and software platforms.
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