The security gaps in the US government are obviously more comprehensive than expected. Confidential channels are said to have been exchanged repeatedly: At the center of the allegations is security advisor Waltz.
The National Security Advisor of the United States, Mike Waltz, has apparently repeatedly refrained from dealing with confidential information. This is reported by the Magazin Politico and the Washington Post.
As Politico reports, the Waltz team is said to have set up at least 20 chat groups at the short message service Signal. These served to vote on topics such as China, Middle East Policy, Africa and Europe.
Politico referred to four people who were added to chat groups. Two of them stated that they were in at least 20 chats or had direct knowledge of it. All four would have noticed how confidential information was discussed, reported the magazine.
Waltz is not in focus for the first time
This indicates that confidential and secret information in the US government has been exchanged far more than previously known about unsafe commercial channels.
Waltz, US defense minister Pete Hegseth and high-ranking government employees had already come under pressure last month after it became known that they discussed highly sensitive details about an attack on positions of the Huthi rebels in Yemen and thus ignored safety regulations. Waltz had admitted that he was who accidentally invited a journalist to the secret signal group to the Yemen attack. A government spokeswoman and participants had played down the breakdown.
Sensitive data about Google service Gmail
Washington Post also published a report on negligent handling of Waltz with internal information. According to this, Waltz is said to have taken the widespread Google service Gmail in some cases instead of encrypted emails. The newspaper pointed out that Gmail was even more insecure for government information than the encrypted Messenger app signal.
A high-ranking Waltz employee on the National Security Council NSC therefore used the commercial email service for agreements with colleagues in other government agencies. The newspaper reported that it was about military positions and powerful weapon systems in connection with an ongoing conflict.
Government partially admits allegations
Waltz himself sent fewer secret information about his private Gmail user account, but still not harmless, such as its schedule or work documents, the newspaper reported.
President Donald Trump's government admitted that Waltz had received emails on his Gmail account. However, he had never used his private email account to send confidential clasps. However, the newspaper refers to unnamed sources in the department and reports that it was partially available to the corresponding emails.
Years ago, Waltz criticized the then democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Scharf because she used a private e-mail server during her time under the government of Democrat Barack Obama.
