{"id":2420864,"date":"2025-04-07T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-finally-know-exactly-how-that-atlantic-reporter-got-those-messages-and-its-more-complicated-than-anyone-thought\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T17:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T21:26:14","slug":"we-finally-know-exactly-how-that-atlantic-reporter-got-those-messages-and-its-more-complicated-than-anyone-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-finally-know-exactly-how-that-atlantic-reporter-got-those-messages-and-its-more-complicated-than-anyone-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"We Finally Know Exactly How That Atlantic Reporter Got Those Messages, And It&#8217;s More Complicated Than Anyone Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-finally-know-exactly-how-that-atlantic-reporter-got-those-messages-and-its-more-complicated-than-anyone-thought%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-slammed-for-article-comparing-joe-rogan-controversy-to-january-6-riot-rwandan-genocide\/\" title=\"CNN Slammed For Article Comparing Joe Rogan Controversy To January 6 Riot, Rwandan genocide\">recent controversy involving<\/a> the White House and a messaging mishap on the Signal app. the incident began when Jeffrey Goldberg,the editor of The Atlantic,was accidentally included in a text chain wiht key members of the Trump management <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-facts-karoline-leavitt-issues-blistering-response-to-report-about-leaked-war-plans\/\" title=\"&#039;Here Are the Facts&#039;: Karoline Leavitt Issues Blistering Response to Report About Leaked &#039;War Plans&#039;\">discussing military action<\/a> against Houthi terrorists in Yemen. This error was later attributed to national Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who inadvertently saved Goldberg&#8217;s contact information on his iPhone due to Apple&#8217;s Siri suggesting contacts based on previous interactions. The White House refuted claims that this incident constituted a important security breach, emphasizing that it was a result of automation rather than malice. The article highlights the implications of relying on automated systems for critically important communication and the potential for mistakes to arise from seemingly harmless technology features.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that a recent White House controversy is a prime example of when automated help isn&rsquo;t actually all that helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Before President Donald Trump sparked economic upheaval with his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-liberation-day-list-tariffs-maga-dream-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberation Day<\/a>&rdquo; reciprocal tariffs, the main thing the establishment media wanted to focus on involved the highly publicized Signal messaging app snafu.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, The Atlantic caused quite a stir when its editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg &mdash; a fierce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cal-thomas-atlantics-allegations-trump-nothing-political-toxic-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump criti<\/a>c &mdash; was accidentally included in a Signal text chain.<\/p>\n<p>That chain included some heavy hitters in the Trump administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Vice President J.D. Vance, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.<\/p>\n<p>The group was discussing military action in Yemen against Houthi terrorists, which was a conversation that Goldberg obviously shouldn&rsquo;t have been a part of.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-weighs-adviser-responsible-text-message-gaffe-explains-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that it was Waltz who was the responsible party for the messaging mistake, but he has been against firing him.<\/p>\n<p>(The White House has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-immediately-goes-offensive-atlantic-releases-full-signal-chat-another-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strongly disputed<\/a> the idea that this leak was somehow the security breach The Atlantic was making it out to be.)<\/p>\n<p>According to an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/06\/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the U.K. Guardian, details have now been leaked about <em>how&nbsp;<\/em>Waltz made this error &mdash; and Apple&rsquo;s insistence on automating tasks played a big role in it.<\/p>\n<p>This whole incident reportedly began while Trump was still running for president. Goldberg ed the campaign regarding a claim that Trump mistreated wounded veterans, and that  eventually reached Trump representative Brian Hughes.<\/p>\n<p>He &ldquo;then copied and pasted the content of the  &ndash; including the signature block with Goldberg&rsquo;s phone number &ndash; into a text message that he sent to Waltz, so that he could be briefed on the forthcoming story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian added: &ldquo;Waltz did not ultimately call Goldberg, the people said, but in an extraordinary twist, inadvertently ended up saving Goldberg&rsquo;s number in his iPhone &ndash; under the contact card for Hughes, now the spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">national security council<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Waltz apparently accomplished this by accidentally confirming a suggestion made by Apple&rsquo;s Siri artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to the White House, the number was erroneously saved during a &lsquo;contact suggestion update&rsquo; by Waltz&rsquo;s iPhone,&rdquo; the British outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>Apple support <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/iphone\/add-and-use-contact-information-iph3e0ca2db\/ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describes<\/a> this feature as such: &ldquo;Siri also suggests new contacts based on your use of other apps, such as  you receive in Mail and invitations you receive in Calendar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Apple also notes that, &ldquo;[b]ased on the way you use Contacts, Siri also provides contact information suggestions in other apps.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To turn off this first feature, iPhone users can go to Settings&gt; Apps&gt; Contacts&gt; Siri, then turn off &ldquo;Show Contact Suggestions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To turn off the latter feature, iPhone users can follow similar instructions by going to Settings&gt; Apps&gt; Contacts&gt; Siri, then turning off &ldquo;Learn from this App.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Prior to President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs causing economic turmoil, mainstream media was primarily focused on a notable incident with the Signal messaging app. The Atlantic created quite a buzz when its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg\u2014an outspoken critic of Trump\u2014was unintentionally included in a text chain that featured key figures from the Trump administration, such as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. This group was discussing military operations in Yemen against Houthi terrorists, making Goldberg&#8217;s presence in the conversation inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it was revealed that Waltz was responsible for this messaging error but has not faced termination. The White House has also strongly contested claims that this incident constituted a significant security breach as suggested by The Atlantic. According to an exclusive report from The Guardian, details have emerged about how Waltz&#8217;s mistake occurred, largely due to Apple&#8217;s automation features. This situation reportedly began while Trump was still campaigning for president when Goldberg edited content regarding allegations of Trump&#8217;s treatment of wounded veterans; this information eventually reached Trump representative Brian Hughes.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes then copied and pasted the content\u2014including Goldberg\u2019s phone number\u2014into a message sent to Waltz for briefing purposes. Although Waltz did not call Goldberg directly, he inadvertently saved Goldberg\u2019s number on his iPhone under Hughes&#8217; contact card after confirming a suggestion made by Siri&#8217;s artificial intelligence. The White House stated that this contact saving happened during an update feature on Waltz\u2019s iPhone designed to suggest new contacts based on app usage.<\/p>\n<p>Apple describes this feature as one where Siri suggests contacts based on interactions within other applications like Mail and Calendar invitations. Users can disable these suggestions by adjusting settings under Contacts in their iPhone settings menu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mike-Walz-Signalgate.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4192,3976,6510,5046],"class_list":["post-2420864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-atlantic","tag-investigation","tag-messages","tag-reporter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mike-Walz-Signalgate.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420872,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420864\/revisions\/2420872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}