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Salon
Salon
Politics
Alex Galbraith

Waltz denial reveals Yemen leak strategy

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz hasn't been cowed by the embarrassing revelation that he added the editor of The Atlantic to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials shared imminent American war plans. 

The confidant of President Donald Trump's dander was all the way up when reporters asked him about his role in the leak on Tuesday. Rather than showing an ounce of contrition, Waltz took the opportunity to accuse editor Jeffrey Goldberg of being a liar, calling the controversy around his own lack of care with sensitive information another "hoax" from hostile media.

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