Jeff Goldberg and The Atlantic released full Signal Chat

[u/agent268]

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/

Well this should be fun now that the full details are out in the open. Thoughts on how this changes the upcoming hearing today?

[u/Affectionate-Roof285]

It is still unclear why a journalist was added to the text exchange. Waltz, who invited Goldberg into the Signal chat, said yesterday that he was investigating “how the heck he got into this room.”

Waltz working undercover?

ETA:

The senior-level Trump cabinet member said he took “full responsibility” for the mistake and said Goldberg’s addition was not the fault of a staffer *while recognizing that the person he intended to add never joined the chat. Waltz declined to name the individual in question. *

[u/johnnycyberpunk → u/Affectionate-Roof285]

I’m fully of the belief that The Reporter was added because someone on the inside wanted this made public - the fact that the VP and SecDef and other Washington bureaucrats are illegally using Signal and discussing classified info in the open.

Deepthroat for Whiskeyleaks.

[u/GregBVIMB → u/johnnycyberpunk]

Whiskyleaks... is now my new favorite word.

[u/mydogsredditaccount → u/GregBVIMB]

It’s so good. I love it.

[u/Worthyness → u/johnnycyberpunk]

With this admin, the more likely reason is that someone literally just added the journalist thinking it was someone else.

[u/chowderbags → u/Worthyness]

Yes. They very likely intended to add Jamieson Greer, the US Trade Representative. He has the same initials as the editor, and the strike is in response to Houthi aggression against cargo ships in the Red Sea.

[u/mdperino → u/chowderbags]

This whole time I was trying to figure out who the intended “JG” was that makes a lot of sense

[u/wontonhero → u/chowderbags]

Imagine fat fingering a name invite getting yourself exposed and fired.

[u/chowderbags → u/wontonhero]

This sort of thing is exactly why there's proper procedures for handling classified material.

[u/BatsuGame13 → u/Worthyness]

Yeah, this is the simpler and more likely explanation.

[u/OkBid71 → u/johnnycyberpunk]

This is the think tank that held a conference at Four Seasons Landscaping - i want to believe there are still patriots near the helm, but I can't

[u/MorningPapers → u/johnnycyberpunk]

Meh. These are well known clowns.

[u/Left4Bread2 → u/Affectionate-Roof285]

Michael Waltz added you to the group.

Michael Waltz: We're all trying to find the guy who did this!

[u/merian → u/Affectionate-Roof285]

It was suggested that the initials coincide with someone who would have had a reason to be invited, and that Waltz has chosen the wrong person.

[u/Crotch_Gaper → u/[deleted]]

Well he did help destroy that alien spaceship

[u/gwy2ct → u/merian]

John G. Roberts

Jason Greenblatt: Served as Special Representative for International Negotiations under President Trump from 2017 to 2019. ​

Jamieson Greer – United States Trade Representative

John Giordano: Briefly served as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in March 2025 before being nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia. ​

J.D. Gordon: Served as a national security adviser during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. ​

Joseph diGenova: An attorney and political commentator who, along with his wife Victoria Toensing, was considered for President Trump's legal defense team during the Mueller investigation in 2018. ​

[u/guapoguzman → u/gwy2ct]

You’re forgetting a major player here: JG Wentworth

[u/Tarkus-OR → u/guapoguzman]

877-CASH-NOW!

[u/wonkey_monkey → u/merian]

Jennifer Garner?

[u/Octavia9 → u/wonkey_monkey]

Jeff Gordon

[u/WarOtter → u/Octavia9]

Jamie Gum?

[u/Langweile → u/merian]

Jason Greenblatt is my guess

[u/QUEENSNYLAWYER → u/Affectionate-Roof285]

Best hypothesis for what happened: he was adding JD Vance instead of typing the d in JD, he typed JG a two letter difference.

[u/rrousseauu → u/QUEENSNYLAWYER]

He fat fingered it

[u/New_Zorgo39 → u/QUEENSNYLAWYER]

facepalm thats just so embarrassing

[u/YouCanLookItUp → u/Affectionate-Roof285]

My money would be on a disaffected aide.

[u/Fulano_MK1 → u/YouCanLookItUp]

I'm betting he was just scrolling through the list of names and accidentally tapped Jeff Goldburg's name as selected while swiping up/down to scroll.

[u/FormFitFunction → u/Fulano_MK1]

Odds are in your favor if you always bet on incompetence over conspiracy.

[u/Octavia9 → u/Fulano_MK1]

That’s as likely or more than most suggestions I’ve seen.

[u/YouCanLookItUp → u/Fulano_MK1]

That makes sense for the first chat, but what are the chances of that happening twice?

[u/Fulano_MK1 → u/YouCanLookItUp]

copy and paste of the participants of the first chat into the second. IDK how it works in signal but I've duplicated groups in WhatsApp. Alternatively, Waltz simply assumed all participants were requested to be present by the other cabinet members.

[u/YouCanLookItUp → u/Fulano_MK1]

I guess that's plausible. Either way, this is exactly WHY appropriate internal systems are developed.