# Jeffrey Goldberg Editor-in-Chief of *The Atlantic* magazine since October 2016. Long-running national security and foreign policy journalist; previously staff writer at *The New Yorker* (2000–2007), *The Atlantic* (2007–2016 before becoming editor), and earlier *The New York Times Magazine*. Particular reporting focus on the Middle East, U.S.–Israel relations, and Iran. ## Signalgate (March 2025) On March 13, 2025, [[Mike Waltz]] — then National Security Adviser — inadvertently added Goldberg to a Signal group chat titled "Houthi PC small group," apparently intending to add U.S. Trade Representative [[Jamieson Greer]]. Goldberg observed real-time messages from senior administration officials (including [[Pete Hegseth]], [[JD Vance]], [[Marco Rubio]], [[Tulsi Gabbard]], [[John Ratcliffe]], [[Stephen Miller]], and others) coordinating the impending strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen. On March 15, 2025, Goldberg saw [[Pete Hegseth - Signalgate strike timing]] with detailed F-18 launch and target timing approximately two hours before the strikes. When U.S. strikes against Houthi positions began on time at 1:55 PM ET, Goldberg confirmed the chat was authentic and exited it. Goldberg published "The [[Trump Administration]] Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans" in *The Atlantic* on March 24, 2025, withholding the most operationally sensitive details. After administration officials publicly denied that any "war plans" or classified information had been shared, *The Atlantic* published the full message text on March 26, 2025 — including the strike-timing message — under the joint byline of Goldberg and Shane Harris. ## Earlier major reporting Goldberg's pre-2025 high-profile reporting includes: - "The Obama Doctrine" (April 2016) — the most extensive primary-source interview of any Obama-era foreign-policy article - "Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are 'Losers' and 'Suckers'" (September 2020) — reporting on Trump's alleged 2018 remarks about American war dead during a France visit, contested by Trump but corroborated by additional outlets ## KB significance Goldberg is the journalist whose reporting produced the cleanest operational-security receipt of the second Trump administration's first 100 days. His work product is foundational for [[Pete Hegseth - Signalgate strike timing]] and for any forward analysis of the administration's classified-information handling. ## Related - [[Pete Hegseth - Signalgate strike timing]] - [[Pete Hegseth]] - [[Mike Waltz]]