00:00President Trump, for the promises he made to us, he said he would secure our borders
00:05and that he would never forget about Lincoln.
00:07And the 47th president of the United States of America, Donald J Trump.
00:15What would you do if you accidentally found yourself in a secret national security discussion?
00:20That's exactly what happened to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg,
00:24who was mistakenly added to a highly classified WhatsApp group
00:28featuring top U.S. officials. A chain of events unfolded,
00:33raising questions about cybersecurity and government communications.
00:39It all began on March 11, when Goldberg noticed he had been added to a WhatsApp group
00:45without his knowledge. At first, he assumed it was a hoax. But as he read the messages,
00:51he realized the chat seemed authentic, with high-level discussions on U.S. foreign policy
00:57taking place in real time.
01:02Within minutes, high-profile figures in the group, identified only by initials,
01:08began discussing appointments for key government positions. Names like Marco Antonio Rubio,
01:15J.D. Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and Scott Besant were mentioned. But no one seemed to notice
01:22that a journalist was silently observing. The messages kept getting stranger and stranger.
01:30On March 15, a message pops up in the chat, a warning about an imminent Houdi attack.
01:37Goldberg knew this was no ordinary group. The level of detail and strategic insight
01:43convinced him that this was a genuine national security discussion.
01:48Still, he remained unsure whether this was a disinformation campaign or a real breach of
01:53security. Realizing the sensitive nature of the information, Goldberg made a crucial decision.
02:01Instead of engaging, he contacted senior White House officials on March 25 to alert them about
02:09the chat group. Goldberg even removed himself from the chat group, but nobody seemed to notice.
02:18When asked how such sensitive information ended in a group chat,
02:24Pete Hexet had a brief response before storming off.
02:39This incident raises potential security loopholes of how did a journalist get added
02:45to a high-level government chat? Was it human error, a system glitch, or worse,
02:51a foreign intelligence operation? While officials have remained tight-lipped,
02:56this raises serious discussions about how secure the national security discussions really are.
03:06As officials investigate this embarrassing slip-up, one thing remains clear. Even in
03:11the digital age, the smallest security lapses can lead to unintended consequences. For now,
03:18the mystery of how Goldberg found himself in this group remains unsolved.
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