Report: Waltz used Gmail for official work

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz speaks in the Cabinet Room on March 25. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNational Security Adviser Michael Waltz and other senior officials used their personal Gmail account for government business, The Washington Post reports.Why it matters: The administration's handling of sensitive information is already under scrutiny, and Gmail is even less secure than Signal.Waltz used Gmail for things like his calendar and unclassified work documents.Those materials are not as sensitive as the attack plans at issue in Waltz's now-infamous Signal thread, but experts told the Post they still should be somewhere more secure than personal email.Another senior national security aide used Gmail for "highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict," the Post reports.What they're saying: NSC spokesman Brian Hughes told the Post that Waltz copies his official email when pre-existing contacts send work-related items to his Gmail, to ensure compliance with federal records laws."Waltz didn't and wouldn't send classified information on an open account," Hughes said.

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz speaks in the Cabinet Room on March 25. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNational Security Adviser Michael Waltz and other senior officials used their personal Gmail account for government business, The Washington Post reports.Why it matters: The administration's handling of sensitive information is already under scrutiny, and Gmail is even less secure than Signal.

Waltz used Gmail for things like his calendar and unclassified work documents.Those materials are not as sensitive as the attack plans at issue in Waltz's now-infamous Signal thread, but experts told the Post they still should be somewhere more secure than personal email.Another senior national security aide used Gmail for "highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict," the Post reports.

What they're saying: NSC spokesman Brian Hughes told the Post that Waltz copies his official email when pre-existing contacts send work-related items to his Gmail, to ensure compliance with federal records laws."Waltz didn't and wouldn't send classified information on an open account," Hughes said..