Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

[demmiblue]

Source: msn/WaPo

Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.

The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is the latest example of questionable data security practices by top national security officials already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for military operations in Yemen.

A senior Waltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, according to emails reviewed by The Post. While the NSC official used his Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used government-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show.

Waltz has had less sensitive, but potentially exploitable information sent to his Gmail, such as his schedule and other work documents, said officials, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe what they viewed as problematic handling of information. The officials said Waltz would sometimes copy and paste from his schedule into Signal to coordinate meetings and discussions.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/waltz-and-staff-used-gmail-for-government-communications-officials-say/ar-AA1C5Veh

[Sneederbunk]

1. Is Waltz right in the head?

And he's our National Security Advisor?

[dchill]

9. All the circumstantial evidence says no.

[Grim Chieftain]

22. If he's a Trumper

No, he's not right in the head.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

30. I guess there is a difference between national security and information security.

Idiot (him not you)!

[riversedge]

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Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say

Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:44 p.m. EDT23 minutes ago
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National security adviser Michael Waltz, center, explains how a reporter ended up on a group Signal chat among top officials discussing a U.S. air attack on Yemen’s Houthis. (John McDonnell/For The Washington Post)
By John Hudson

Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials.


The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is the latest example of questionable data security practices by top national security officials already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for military operations in Yemen.

A senior Waltz aide used the commercial email service for highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, according to emails reviewed by The Post. While the NSC official used his Gmail account, his interagency colleagues used government-issued accounts, headers from the email correspondence show........................

[IronLionZion]

3. Buttery Males

This is the meritocracy of best and brightest super geniuses America has to offer. You can trust these guys with all your classified intel.

"We are currently clean on OPSEC,"

[Dr. T]

21. I was thinking more like

idiocracy, but meritocracy works. If only the stupid orange guy hadn't canceled DEI, we might not be where we are.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. butterymails

[SergeStorms]

5. Freaking Gmail?

Who the hell IS this asshole?

[IronLionZion]

6. Unless he skipped the mandatory security training

they might be trying to avoid official records of sketchy stuff.

[jmowreader]

7. Oh no no no...

They are trying to avoid official records of ANY stuff. They did the same shit in Trump’s first term.

[Shipwack]

20. I wouldn't be surprised if he refused to go to training...

Mandatory or not. He's just that entitled. "How many people can a security briefing kill? ZERO! Only bullets are useful in war! It's namby-pamby rules like cybersecurity (probably invented by a woke lesbian) that has sapped the vital essences of our men!"

[Sir, this is a Wendys]

Anyway, you're probably correct that it's just one more way they are trying to avoid accountability.

[MLWR]

8. Hillary Clinton was excoriated for this.

I guess IOKIYAR. What a bunch of colossal HYPOCRITES.

[still-prayin4rain]

19. For much, much less than this

[Mountain Mule]

24. Hillary's Emails are nothing compared with these clowns!

Earlier today MSNBC showed clips of Hegseth giving Hillary hell, Also clips of Mike Waltz excoriating Hillary.

Needless to say, these clips will never see.the light of day when it comes to Fox.

[suegeo]

10. These fascist assholes are going to get Americans killed.

Do the American nazis know their job is to protect American lives? Civilians, military. Allies? Do we have allies anymore?

Also, the cost of equipment that could get destroyed. Millions gone because the clowns are fucking everything up? Shouldn't they be making things more efficient, less costly?

American lives and property are not a game, bruh.

[MayReasonRule]

11. Meidas Is On It As Well!

[central scrutinizer]

12. I'm sure Russia is listening

Hell, Vladimir is probably bcc’ed.

[PhilG]

13. Lock Him Up?

[usonian]

14. BUT, HIS EMAILS!

No wonder he gets ads from Lockheed-Martin for F-35 fighter jets.

And devices to remove his head from his ass (or someone else's)

I WAS JOKING when I created this.



But not these.

[Scubamatt]

15. But her emails . . . .

If only there wasn't a double standard in this country . . .

[Skittles]

16. omfg

800 congressional hours spent on Hillary's emails

[TygrBright]

17. But their emails... n/t

[sueh]

18. I have to say this even though others already have. LOCK HIM UP!

Crooked Michael!

[DingleBerryNW]

23. JFC!

They might as well use .swisscheese email.

[RockRaven]

26. These people are traitors TRYING to enable others to spy/infiltrate.

[Mark.b2]

27. Should be a felony for conducting even a modicum of govt biz on non-govt email...

the assumption should be its primary purpose is to evade FOIA. How many times do these idiot politicians and bureaucrats have to be told this is wrong?

And Signal is 5x worse!

[Karasu]

28. Just like with Signalgate, EVERYONE who engaged in this needs to be fucking removed posthaste, without exception.

But we all know what this administration is going to do.

[Prairie Gates]

29. Is it possible that Waltz is just...not that bright?

[Hekate]

31. They thought gmail meant it was for G-Men. Innocent mistake.

[Marcuse]

32. Meanwhile in the Oval Office: