Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/
#trump #waltz #gmail #politics

Gmail?!

“ #Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say -

"highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict..."

The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

NBC News Exclusive: #Trump defends #Hegseth #Waltz amid #Signal group chat controversy

Republicans can't stop making pathetic excuses for war chat fiasco

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30/2312689/-Republicans-can-t-stop-making-pathetic-excuses-for-war-chat-fiasco

As fury mounts over the Trump administration’s leaking of classified military operations in an unsecure Signal group chat that included a reporter who did not have a security clearance, GOP lawmakers have continued to downplay the seriousness of the situation.

Another Senior Republican Endorses Independent Probe Into Signal Chat

https://www.newsweek.com/another-senior-republican-james-lankford-endorses-independent-probe-signal-chat-2052756

Oklahoma Senator James Lankford is the latest senior Republican to endorse an independent probe into how President Donald Trump's national security officials ended up discussing military plans with a journalist on the messaging app Signal.

EA-Irish Times Podcast: #Signal and #Trump Administration Disregard for National Security

#SignalGate #Yemen #Waltz #Hegseth #Vance

https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/signal-trump-administration-national-security/

EA-Irish Times Podcast: #Signal and #Trump Administration Disregard for National Security

#SignalGate #Yemen #Waltz #Hegseth #Vance

https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/signal-trump-administration-national-security/

“Waltz came very close to getting fired. And he could still.

In a private meeting, #JDVance, Wiles and Gor suggested #Trump fire #Waltz.”
#SignalGate
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/waltz-trump-vance-wiles-private-meeting-00258904

#hegseth #Waltz and Co really are at the top of the game.

'Signal-gate' zorgt voor explosieve groei #Signal in Verenigde Staten

https://signalapp.nl/signal-app-nieuws/signal-gate-zorgt-voor-explosieve-groei-signal-in-verenigde-staten/

Here's a waltz for #musiciansday :

https://youtu.be/hLRV5xUPtac

Private data of top security advisers to US President Donald Trump can be accessed online, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Wednesday, adding to the fallout from embarrassing revelations of security slips by his administration.
#Trump #data #Hegseth #Gabbard #Waltz #Signal #infosec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1BfWZ21OM

Add this to #signalgate (with a little help from our friends ...):
Pete #Hegseth, Mike #Waltz, Tulsi #Gabbard: Private #Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pete-hegseth-mike-waltz-tulsi-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7

> Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers, is freely accessible on the internet.

[Der Spiegel]: Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

By Patrick Beuth, Jörg Diehl, Roman Höfner, Roman Lehberger, Friederike Röhreke und Fidelius Schmid
26.03.2025,

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7?sara_ref=re-xx-cp-sh

Private data and passwords of senior US security policymakers are online

Paywall free link to Spiegel.de article
https://archive.ph/sgEJf

More #AmateurHour from the #TrumpAdministration! But her emails!!!

#MikeWaltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public

A WIRED review shows #NationalSecurity adviser Mike #Waltz, White House chief of staff #SusieWiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

by Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman, March 26, 2025

"A Venmo account under the name 'Michael Waltz,' carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates, including journalists, military officers, #lobbyists, and others—information a foreign intelligence service or other actors could exploit for any number of ends, experts say."

https://www.wired.com/story/michael-waltz-left-his-venmo-public/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#USPol #Idiocracy

Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/signal-investigation-republican-senators

Senior GOP figures warn of potential ‘significant political problem’ for Trump administration in rare sign of unrest.

“This is what happens when you don’t really have your act together,” the Alaska Republican senator Lisa Murkowski told the Hill.

One can’t just set messages to disappear when discussing official government business including military plans. The National Security Adviser (Michael Waltz, the group’s administrator who set the messages to auto-delete) should know that.

“Under the PRA, the official records of the President and his staff are owned by the United States…”

#USA #USGov #SignalGate #waltz #Signal

https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/presidential-records-act