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White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporter

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National Security Advisor Michael Waltz invited The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat in which top officials discussed a plan for bombing Houthi targets in Yemen .

Waltz publicly claimed that Goldberg 's number was "sucked in" to his phone and added to a different person's contact information without his knowledge.

A report published yesterday by The Guardian said a forensic review by the White House IT office identified the mistakes.

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