Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Finally ... a Possible Name

A lot being said and written about the inappropriate inclusion of Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic on a Signal group chat about military tactics - actually air strikes - on the Houthis. Something I find mildly interesting surfaced in the comments on a podcast of talking heads bloviating about this error.

@derek2966
1 day ago
Alex Nelson Wong, not Mike Waltz, set up the group. Wong is Deputy National Security Advisor. Wong invited Goldberg to join the group. Why did Wong invite Goldberg? I don't know. It may have something to do with Covington & Burling LLP losing their security clearance.

This is the first thing I've seen that names a possible perpetrator. I notice Wong's Wikipedia entry doesn't mention which Washington law firm he worked for before becoming a government official.