The Steady Drip: NSC Staffers Fired in Signal Chat Fallout (Connecting the Dots: The National Security Council (NSC), Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, CNN, Yemen, The ONE Campaign & Soros Funding, All Networking)

NSC Staffers Fired in Signal Chat Fallout (Connecting the Dots: The National Security Council (NSC), Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, CNN, Yemen, The ONE Campaign & Soros Funding, All Networking)

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By Charlie McCarthy | Thursday, 03 April 2025 12:22 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/nsc-staffers-fired/2025/04/03/id/1205540/

Fallout from the Trump administration's Signal chat fiasco has resulted in at least three National Security Council staffers being fired.

National security adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic magazine, to a March 11 group text using the Signal encrypted messaging service where top officials were discussing plans to attack the Houthis in Yemen.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump made his clearest commitment to not fire anyone over the accidental leak of his administration's plans for an airstrike against the Houthis.

However, sources told Axios that several NSC members have been fired. CNN reported three NSC staffers were fired.

Axios added that its source said several people had been fired, possibly as many as 10, including senior directors.

Brian Walsh, a director for intelligence and a former top staffer for Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Thomas Boodry, a senior director for legislative affairs who previously served as Waltz's legislative director in Congress, and David Feith, a senior director overseeing technology and national security who served in the State Department during Trump's first administration were the three NSC officials let go, CNN reported.

The outlet added the firings followed conservative influencer Laura Loomer's Wednesday visit to the Oval Office.

"I woke up this morning to learn that there are still people in and around the West Wing who are LEAKING to the hostile, left-wing media about President Trump’s *confidential* and *private* meetings in the Oval Office," Loomer posted late-morning Thursday on X.

"I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain access to the White House or the administration respect the privacy of their conversations with President Trump and his senior staff."

Adding that she would not divulge "any details about my Oval Office meeting with President Trump," Loomer said: "It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings. I will continue working hard to support his agenda, and I will continue reiterating the importance of, and the necessity of STRONG VETTING, for the sake of protecting the President of the United States of America, and our national security."

One U.S. official told Axios that Loomer was furious that "neocons," Bush administration veterans with hawkish foreign policy views, had "slipped through" the vetting process for administration jobs.

Connecting the Dots:

Jeffrey Goldberg is a correspondent for The Atlantic and a director at the Revson Foundation.

Samantha Power is a contributor for The Atlantic and a director at the International Rescue Committee.

Reynold Levy is a director at the Revson Foundation, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and was an advisory board member for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Nancy E. Soderberg was a VP for the International Crisis Group and a staff director for the National Security Council (NSC).

Robert Malley is a Middle East & North Africa program director at the International Crisis Group and a director for democracy, human rights & humanitarian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC).

Jeffrey Bader was a senior director for East Asian affairs for the National Security Council (NSC), the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Daniel Benjamin was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the coordinator for counterterrorism for the U.S. Department of State and a director for transnational threats at the National Security Council (NSC).

Philip H. Gordon was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of State, a senior fellow at the National Security Council (NSC) and is a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Ivo H. Daalder was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC).

Martin S. Indyk was a VP & director of the Foreign Policy Program for the Brookings Institution (think tank), an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State and a senior director for Near East and South Asia for the National Security Council (NSC).

Kenneth M. Pollack was a senior fellow, Middle East policy for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director for Persian Gulf affairs for the National Security Council (NSC).

Carlos Pascual was a VP at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior director at the National Security Council (NSC) and is a special envoy, international energy affairs, an assistant secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of State.

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a special assistant to the president at the National Security Council (NSC), the assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State and is the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Albert A. Gore Jr. was a member of the National Security Council (NSC) and is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Condoleezza Rice is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and was the senior director for Soviet affairs for the National Security Council (NSC).

Madeleine K. Albright was a member of the National Security Council (NSC), a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Reynold Levy was an advisory board member for the Aspen Institute (think tank), is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a director at the Revson Foundation.

Jeffrey Goldberg is a director at the Revson Foundation and a correspondent for The Atlantic.

Samantha Power is a contributor for The Atlantic and a director at the International Rescue Committee.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Morton H. Halperin is a director at the ONE Campaign.

Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Susan A. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.

Howard G. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s son.

Lawrence H. Summers is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Sheryl K. Sandberg is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Helene D. Gayle is a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Ivo H. Daalder was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC).