An error in an iPhone contact sheet causing Mike Waltz – Liberation

According to three sources interviewed by the British newspaper Mike Waltz had made this first mistake « months ago », Thinking, after a circumstances competition, record the new issue of Brian Hughes, national security communication manager, not that of Goldberg, journalist. According to the White House, Waltz would have done this manipulation after receiving a suggestion from his iPhone inviting him to update Brian Hughes’ contact sheet with the wrong number. The error then went unnoticed until March 15, when the advisor created the group « Houthi PC Small Group », to discuss the attacks of the American army in Yemen. The case then had gigantic proportions, embarrassing the Trump administration and putting On the saddle the Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth.

According to Guardian, Donald Trump has a time planned to separate from Waltz. But not for this flagrant security flaw: the republican president was more upset by the fact that his advisor was in possession of the telephone number of a journalist working for a media considered as enemy. According to the British newspaper, Trump was then delighted so as not to give satisfaction to his opponents. It would also have been « Soist » by the explanations having led to this error.

However, the blunder was major. The Atlantic had notably been able to reproduce screenshots of messages from the Minister of Defense with the precise schedules of the strikes provided against the Houthi rebels and the armaments used, all sent two hours before they took place on a consumer mail, far from the military security standards.