Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is accusing Mike Waltz of lying about talking with him — ridiculing on Sunday the claim that his phone number was mysteriously “sucked into” the national security adviser’s cellphone before being included in a Signal group chat about Yemen airstrikes.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz faces criticism for accidentally adding Jeffrey Goldberg to a sensitive group chat, leading to a leak of confidential information. Waltz denies knowing Goldberg, but a viral photo and Goldberg's statements contradict this claim.

Mr. Goldberg, who was included on a private text thread discussing war plans, was a longtime national security reporter who became editor of The Atlantic in 2016.

An inadvertent invitation to a group chat thrust The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg into the center of an explosive national security breach that's put the White House on the defensive. Why it matters: Goldberg's decision to disclose the discussion of planned strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen and publish the group chat's contents has embroiled top Trump officials in scandal and exposed them to potential legal jeopardy.

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally added to a private Signal group chat used by senior Trump administration officials discussing classified military plans. The breach revealed sensitive details about imminent US strikes on Yemen,