Signal Chat Leak: Who Is Mike Waltz? Trump Official Linked To Secret Yemen Strike Strategy Row

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Signal Chat Leak: United States National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz has taken "full responsibility" for a recently leaked Signal group chat of Trump officials that discussed plans for an upcoming strike on the Houthis in Yemen.

"I take full responsibility. I built the group," Waltz told Fox News on "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday (US Time). "It's embarrassing. We're going to get to the bottom of it," he said.

Waltz said he does not personally know Jeffrey Goldber , the journalist who was added to the chat.

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The leak triggered a storm after Goldberg, the Atlantic's editor-in-chief , wrote a first-person account of getting a connection request from what appeared to be Waltz on March 11 on Signal , a popular encrypted messaging service used by journalists and government officials in United States

Goldberg said he accepted the request and was then added to a chat group called "Houthi PC Small Group, " where he proceeded to see a series of top Trump officials discuss what turned out to be an upcoming attack on the Houthis.

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Many have called this leak a massive breach of national security even as US President Donald Trump has denied claims that classified information was shared in a Signal group. In fact, President Trump stood by Waltz and said that he does not need to apologise.

“He's a very good man, and he will continue to do a good job,” Trump said, amid calls for an apology by Waltz.

Who is Mike Waltz? The Political Career

In November last year, Trump picked Michael Waltz as his national security adviser. At that time, Trump called Walz "a nationally recognised leader in national security" and an "expert on the threats posed by China, Russia, Iran, and global terrorism."

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