Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

Government officials are kind of bad at the internet

Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The saga started when the

California Focus: Incompetent governance now knows few bounds

It’s easy to blame the Trump administration for much of the incompetence that’s so readily visible in Washington, D.C. these days. Certainly, some of the officials he worked hardest to get confirmed to his administration have exhibited among the highest levels of ineptitude. Those included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, national security advisor Mike Waltz and super diplomat Steve Witkoff, all of whom were on the Signal app dealing with top sec…

Trump shuts down latest Hegseth smear campaign: 'I don’t view Signal as important' · American Wire News

President Donald J. Trump blew off a new round of media smears targeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the use of Signal, dismissing the importance of the encrypted messaging app. In a series of anonymously sourced reports, the mainstream media has spent days trying to relaunch the so-called “Signalgate” scandal in a coordinated propaganda campaign with the obvious goal of forcing the outsider out at the Pentagon before he can repair the d…

Hegseth had unsecured line for Signal, sources say

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated…

Hegseth's Pentagon office set up system so he could access Signal messages, sources say

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced criticism over his use of Signal group chats.

Friday's Threat Status Pentagon Minute

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains in hot water for using the Signal messaging app. His Chief of Staff Joe Kasper has resigned.