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(195,830 posts) Wed Mar 26, 2025, 06:25 PM Mar 2025

White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap [View all]

The White House has asked Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help investigate how a journalist was included on a Signal chat with national security officials.

“The National Security Council, the White House Counsel’s Office, and also yes, Elon Musk’s team,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when asked who was leading an investigation into the Signal mishap.

“Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this to figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the chat, again to take responsibility and ensure this can never happen again,” she added.

National security adviser Mike Waltz, who apparently added The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg into the chat, told Fox News on Tuesday night that he spoke with Musk and said his “best technical minds” are looking into how Goldberg’s number got into his phone.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5215547-white-house-asks-musk-investigate-signal/

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White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap [View all] underpants Mar 2025 OP

Is this a joke................. Lovie777 Mar 2025 #1

I thought it was the Onion.... Nictuku Mar 2025 #2

Same here! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #19

I was pretty certain it HAD to be the Onion. dchill Mar 2025 #29

It takes some brainpower to figure out how a number gets on your phone underpants Mar 2025 #3

No. dalton99a Mar 2025 #4

No kidding Bristlecone Mar 2025 #28

yeah that"ll work. AltairIV Mar 2025 #5

Do I hear the word cover up? greatauntoftriplets Mar 2025 #6

Paul weiss Henry203 Mar 2025 #7

You don't need musk to understand what happened. ecstatic Mar 2025 #8

You mean how you add a contact? underpants Mar 2025 #14

That's really going to go over well with the voters Tribetime Mar 2025 #9

The South African parasite will draw on his super genius powers and decades of intelligence work dalton99a Mar 2025 #10

What a joke. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2025 #11

I find this even more sinister. They are trying to shift blame to Goldberg - Waltz insinuated that something nefarious tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #12

I've seen the hacking excuse posed as question a lot underpants Mar 2025 #13

Ummm when I want to add a number I ask my grandkids to help lol questionseverything Mar 2025 #27

Okay. ❤️ underpants Mar 2025 #30

Just trying to laugh instead of cry ❤️ questionseverything Mar 2025 #31

I've gotten a "similar name" in my contacts list by mistake before on TEAMs; haele Mar 2025 #36

Due, no doubt, to his extensive experience in investigative work. MMBeilis Mar 2025 #15

Was Inspector Clouseau busy? FalloutShelter Mar 2025 #16

Fox, meet henhouse. Aristus Mar 2025 #17

Remember, Dear Leader was amazed that his youngest kid could turn a laptop on in 5 minutes tishaLA Mar 2025 #18

He's good with the cyber a lot of people say. underpants Mar 2025 #26

Why am I not surprised? Ocelot II Mar 2025 #20

COMING SOON: Elon Musk discovers new secret evidence, refers Goldberg to DOJ for indictment dalton99a Mar 2025 #21

Yikes - we were typing at the same time. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #24

They are going to subpoena Goldberg's phone. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #22

Yep. dalton99a Mar 2025 #25

He'll put his top tech wizard, code name "Big Balls," right on it. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2025 #23

This is almost hysterically funny, except it isn't. spanone Mar 2025 #32

No kidding. underpants Mar 2025 #33

The Three Stooges' investigation begins synni Mar 2025 #34

Yeab, that'll work. patphil Mar 2025 #35

lol mzmolly Mar 2025 #37

Maybe that will slow down his stealing a couple of days GoodRaisin Mar 2025 #38

Uh huh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2025 #39