On Wednesday, before the news of his overthrow was filmed, the secure national security advisor Mike Waltz is now filmed during the cabinet meeting looking for the application of encrypted correspondence, Signal.
He was a major player in Snafu’s reference to President Donald Trump’s second administration, referred to online and in some media coverage as “Signalgate”. The Atlantic’s Editor was unintentionally listed in a sensitive defensive conversation about military action in Yemen, which was conducted in a group chat through the application.
Trump announced the overthrow of Waltz on social media on Thursday.
Trump plans to nominate the Pallis as the next US ambassador to the United Nations Social truthAdding that Waltz “worked hard to put the interests of our nation first” and will continue to do this in its new role.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio will now be on behalf of national security.
Waltz, a former army soldier in the army, previously represented in the Sixth Congress in Florida from 2019 to 2025 before becoming a national security adviser in Trump in January.
In the form of a cabinet meeting on Thursday, contact with the name of Vice President JD Vance and parts of a visual message, as well as indicators of additional messages interconnection. Although the content view is obstructing, the last names “Rubio”, “Witkoff” and “Gabbard” were visible, and may refer to the Foreign Minister, the US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkeov, and the United States Director of National Intelligence Toulcy Gabbard.
Representatives of Rubio, Wikov and Gabard did not immediately respond to the comment requests from Business Insider.
The bottom of the Waltz screen displays a message that appears to be a typical pin message for Signal, but instead, the Waltz message is required to check “TM SGNL PIN”. The “TM SGNL PIN” message is displayed on an unofficial and less secure signal – from a company called Telemessge, which makes the reproduction of famous messaging applications, but provides the ability to archive messages, 404 media and Washington Post I mentioned.
The enlarged magnification image appears to show parts of communication between Mike Waltz and other Trump administration officials in the signal.
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“I would like to tell these people frankly not to use the sign,” Trump said, in an interview with the Atlantic published on Monday. The editor -in -chief of the perpetrator, Jeffrey Goldberg, said last month that he was unintentionally added by Waltz to a group chat on the application.
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Goldberg Group Chat Signal Goldberg says it has been added, which is called “The Small HOUTHI PC group”, containing other officials, including Defense Minister Pete Hegsth, and included discussing details of A. We are planned to strike on the Houthi rebels.
Business Insider previously reported that a former Pentagon spokesman described the signal that involves Goldberg as a “complete collapse” in the Pentagon and “a real problem for management”.
However, although widespread general criticism, Waltz and some other administration officials still use the application.
“As we said many times, Signal is an approved application for government use and is loaded on government phones.”
A spokesman for Vans immediately did not respond to the request from Business Insider.
Under the management of President Joe Biden in 2024, Cyber Security Agency and infrastructure (CISA) issued a guide “for all masses” that defines best practices for safe personal communications amid a cybersecurity attack linked to the Chinese government. CISA guide guarantees a signal as an option for the safest personal messages.
However, her chest directions Ministry of Defense During the Biden administration, it said explicitly that the non -managed messages applications, including the reference, are “not authorized to access the information of the Ministry of Defense inaccurate,”.
