NSC confirms Waltz and staff used Gmail for military discussions

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9:51a, 4/2/25

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.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250402075249/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

Does this guy know what secure communications are and how to use them? This is common sense stuff. Come on, Guys. Get your act together.
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9:52a, 4/2/25
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That's just dumb.
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9:55a, 4/2/25
He is going to be booted in short order and the Democrats will move on to looking for scalp #2.

That said, who is leaking this to the Compost?
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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9:56a, 4/2/25
Next thing we're going to hear is that Waltz's Gmail password is "password."
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9:57a, 4/2/25
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Off all the national security staff, he is the one that the trump admin could easily lose, imo. The token neocon can go.
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9:57a, 4/2/25
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So one staffer used gmail while the rest used government accounts? Is that the short summary?
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9:58a, 4/2/25
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Why would you do this when you have a .gov email account? Why????
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9:59a, 4/2/25
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Yet nothing was done about all the Top Secret documents stored in Biden's garage or Hillary's unsecured server.
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In reply to ak451ag • 9:59a, 4/2/25
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ak451ag said:

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.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250402075249/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

Does this guy know what secure communications are and how to use them? This is common sense stuff. Come on, Guys. Get your act together.


A senior aide? Like the same one who added Goldberg to the signals chat? They previously worked dt one of the lawfare firms?

Someone bounce that little **** please.
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In reply to HTownAg98 • 10:01a, 4/2/25
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HTownAg98 said:
Next thing we're going to hear is that Waltz's Gmail password is "password."


More nuanced than that…gonna be "12345."

If it was strong enough for the air lock on Druidia, it'll be strong enough for this.
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10:02a, 4/2/25
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It's not like he had a server in his house and damaged the drive when the FBI showed up….
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In reply to Rapier108 • 10:02a, 4/2/25
Well, he was communicating to a known radical lib propagandist. We know that because he had the contact in his phone. He then added the dude to the signal chat with Hegseth. When it came out, he lied and claimed he didn't do it.

The libs - all of them - are idiots and liars and hypocrites. They should be ignored completely.

I want him gone because he's a liar, at the very least. He also seems to not be competent in basic communication security.
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In reply to FTAG 2000 • 10:03a, 4/2/25
The fool should have just set up a less secure private email server in his bathroom. Then all would be hunky dory!
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In reply to BBRex • 10:03a, 4/2/25
BBRex said:
That's just dumb.


There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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In reply to Ag In Ok • 10:15a, 4/2/25
Ag In Ok said:
It's not like he had a server in his house and damaged the drive when the FBI showed up….
Dang - you beat me by a minute!

(But seriously - if we didn't prosecute GCF for this, I don't see where the noise against Waltz & co is anything but a "rules for thee" political power play. Personally I'll be waiting to hear assertions of actual operational damages before my GAF is activated.)
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In reply to Rapier108 • 10:18a, 4/2/25
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Dude, it's on gmail and Signal. No leak necessary.
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10:18a, 4/2/25
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highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict,
Oh wow, WaPo using strong language here so you know it's super serious.
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In reply to Burrus86 • 10:50a, 4/2/25
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Burrus86 said:
Yet nothing was done about all the Top Secret documents stored in Biden's garage or Hillary's unsecured server.


So that means nothing should be done now? Great rationale.
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In reply to Get Off My Lawn • 11:55a, 4/2/25
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Ag In Ok said:
It's not like he had a server in his house and damaged the drive when the FBI showed up….
Dang - you beat me by a minute!

(But seriously - if we didn't prosecute GCF for this, I don't see where the noise against Waltz & co is anything but a "rules for thee" political power play. Personally I'll be waiting to hear assertions of actual operational damages before my GAF is activated.)
Because GAF and others were never even reprimanded, Waltz should not face any criminal charges (assuming there are any criminal acts)

BUT he should not be anywhere near this administration. He has shown himself to be someone not serious about security.

I'm Gipper
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12:08p, 4/2/25
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Quote:
NSC confirms Waltz and staff used Gmail for military discussions
And how does this affect me?
Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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In reply to Wes97 • 12:11p, 4/2/25
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Wes97 said:
Off all the national security staff, he is the one that the trump admin could easily lose, imo. The token neocon can go.
That's where I'm at. And I know this wasn't him, personally, it's just that he doesn't seem to surround himself with the best and brightest, by any stretch. I hate to give the leftists a scalp, but goodness man.
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In reply to BBRex • 12:19p, 4/2/25
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That's just dumb.

Yeah, starting to think Walz ain't that bright.

Conduct national security discussions in person, in a scif, on an encrypted phone line, or over encrypted digital communication ONLY.

You'd I think this would be obvious government 101 stuff...
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In reply to Rapier108 • 12:22p, 4/2/25
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He is going to be booted in short order and the Democrats will move on to looking for scalp #2.

Well he has made himself a pretty easy target.

He's got no one to blame but himself on this one...
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12:24p, 4/2/25
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Either him or someone in his team has two brain cells fighting for third place. Might be sharing them too.
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12:26p, 4/2/25
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if true, he's gone...
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12:27p, 4/2/25
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Misleading headline for $1000, Trebek.

Waltz didn't use Gmail, his aide did.

Fire him. Get Waltz a secretary that looks at all his email and text messages whose entire job it is to ensure security. Move on.

Problem solved.
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12:27p, 4/2/25
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but... was his server in a closet at home?
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12:29p, 4/2/25
No need to fire anyone, just wipe the email server with a cloth.
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12:45p, 4/2/25
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What you are learning is that your non-deep state deep staters are a bunch of idiots. Nothing says national security and defending our nation like using non-secure channels to transmit secure information.
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12:47p, 4/2/25
Relax everyone, I'm sure he was incognito!

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12:57p, 4/2/25
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https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/colin-powell-defends-personal-email-227889

AOL, LOL
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In reply to mm98 • 7:02p, 4/2/25
mm98 said:
So one staffer used gmail while the rest used government accounts? Is that the short summary?
That is correct. One fool makes everyone fools (apparently)
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8:14p, 4/2/25
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Needs to be canned asap for stupidity. This is an issue we complained about Obama's administration for.

If we are to be non hypocritical, republicans need to demand his ouster.
You can't fix stupid.
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In reply to The Beef01 • 8:22p, 4/2/25
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The Beef01 said:
HTownAg98 said:
Next thing we're going to hear is that Waltz's Gmail password is "password."


More nuanced than that…gonna be "12345."

If it was strong enough for the air lock on Druidia, it'll be strong enough for this.




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