The editor-in-chief of Atlantic Magazine is still considering whether to release a full Trump administration “war plan” text. He also revealed the name of the CIA agent, claiming that he was added by mistake, as he insisted on group chat.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the magazine's top editor; He spoke to Bulwark Podcast On Tuesday, he weighs when it is necessary to release a full transcript after those in the group text that were rejected by sensitive national security plans (including the Secretary of Defense).
“You get a defensive response,” Goldberg said of Trump administrator's response to the bomb text accident. “But I feel my duty is to think that we take national security information seriously.”
“Maybe in the next few days, we can say, 'OK, we have a plan to publicly examine this material.' But I'm not going to say that now. ”
He also claimed that the name of the secret agent was revealed in the chat.
“I withdrew her name. They gave her a name to someone who is an active CIA officer on this thread.
“Just because they are irresponsible to the material doesn't mean I'm irresponsible,” Goldberg added.
It comes after the magazine's editor revealed on Monday that he was inadvertently added to the signal message chain earlier this month. There, top Trump administration officials (including Hegses and Vice President JD Vance) discussed the bombing of Yemeni footy terrorist groups.
Despite Team Trump's denial of national security breaches, Goldberg claimed to have witnessed “minute-by-minute accounting” in a way the US was intended to attack Yemen after being included in a chain entitled “Houthi PC Small Group” on March 11.
He said he received a signal invitation from Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz.
“At moments like this, when they're under pressure because they're caught by hand with a cookie jar or something, you know, they're literally going to say something to get out of the moment,” Goldberg said of the reaction from Trump officials.
“As much as I enjoy reporting on a national security investigation, there's no need for a strike plan two hours before the launch.”
“It shouldn't come to my phone. I mean, I take this kind of thing very seriously and I'm responsible for not killing Americans very seriously,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trump downplayed the saga of the text. He claimed that it was the “only glitches in two months” of his administration.
The president, who expressed his support for the Waltz, argued that the lapse was “revealed not a serious person.”
“Michael Waltz learned a lesson and he's a good guy,” Trump said.
He also appeared to shift the blame to an unnamed Waltz aide due to Goldberg being added to the chain.
“It was one of the Michael people on the phone. The staff had his number there,” he said.
