Summary
Trump appointed Elon Musk, head of the DOGE, to investigate how a journalist was accidentally added to a Signal chat discussing military operations in Yemen.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz admitted fault but could not explain how the contact was saved. Trump speculated that the journalist may have added himself.
The investigation will involve Musk’s technical team, the National Security Council, and White House lawyers.
A federal lawsuit challenges the use of Signal for government communication, alleging it violates federal law.
There’s a setting for that. It’s open invite or admin invite. Default is open invite.
Doubtful any of the participants knew that, though.
Marco Rubio added another account of his in the screenshots, so that was not disabled.
Also of nitee is the “Waltz added you to the group” line. Unless The Atlantic modified the screenshot, then we know exactly what happened.