Mike Waltz blames his Signal blunder on Biden, saying his administration 'recommended' the app [View all]
Mike Waltz, Trump’s former national security adviser who was removed from his post in May following the “Signalgate” scandal, blamed the Biden administration while explaining his use of Signal, the commercially available encrypted app, to discuss a sensitive military operation.
While testifying at a Senate hearing on his nomination for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday, Waltz was asked about the potential national security breach that occurred when he inadvertently added The Atlantic editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a Signal group chat with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, and other government officials to discuss a military operation in Yemen.
“The use of Signal, as an encrypted app, is not only authorized, it was recommended in the Biden era CISA guidance,” Waltz said in response to a question from Senator Chris Coons about whether or not he was investigated for using the app to discuss sensitive information.
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The Biden-era CISA policy specifically for government employees, discouraged the use personal devices for work purposes.
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