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How did Atlantic editor - in - chief Jeffrey Goldberg get sum to a Signal mathematical group chat with Trump administration officials discussing their plan for an airstrike in Yemen ?
The simplest account : National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had Goldberg saved as a liaison in his sound and accidentally add him . Indeed , when Waltz first claim that Goldberg ’s phone number was “ sucked in ” from another liaison , Goldberg scoffed , “ This is n’t ‘ The Matrix . ’ ”
But fit in to the Guardian , an internal investigationconducted by the White House ’s information technology spot conclude that something more complicated had taken place , with an iPhone auto - suggestion playing a key role : After Goldberg netmail the White House for comment on a story , a Trump spokesperson , Brian Hughes , texted the depicted object of Goldberg ’s email to Waltz .
As a result , Waltz ’s iPhone offered a “ liaison hypnotism update ” that ultimately salvage Goldberg ’s phone number under Hughes ’ name . Then , when Waltz tried to add Hughes — now a spokesperson for the National Security Council — to the chat , he purportedly ended up impart Goldberg instead .
For his part , Goldberg say , “ I ’m not go bad to point out on my relationship with Mike Waltz beyond saying I do know him and have spoken to him . ”
