Jeffrey Goldberg, the mag’s top editor, told The Bulwark podcast on Tuesday that he’s weighing if he should release the full transcript after those on the group text — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — denied sensitive national security plans were ever discussed.
The Atlantic magazine’s editor in chief is still considering whether to release the full Trump administration’s “war plan” texts — as he claimed the group chat he was mistakenly added to also revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the mag’s top editor, told The Bulwark podcast on Tuesday that he’s weighing if he should release the full transcript after those on the group text — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — denied sensitive national security plans were ever discussed.
“I get the defensive reaction,” Goldberg said of the Trump admin’s reaction to the bombshell text mishap. “But my obligation, I feel, is to the idea that we take national security information seriously.”
“Maybe in the coming days, I’ll be able to say, ‘OK, I have a plan to have this materiel vetted publicly.
