US EditionHegseth Shared Yemen Strike Details with Family in Second Signal Chat: Reports
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive information about air strikes in Yemen in a private Signal chat that included his family, according to reports from The New York Times and CNN.
- This second incident occurs as Hegseth faces scrutiny over a prior leak that involved a journalist in a similar group chat.
- Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed urged the Inspector-General to investigate these new allegations, citing a 'reckless disregard for laws and protocols.'
- Critics, including Senate Armed Services Committee member Jack Reed, have condemned Hegseth for his conduct, urging accountability for potentially endangering servicemembers' lives.
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Hegseth sent Yemen strike info to family in private Signal chat: Report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about U.S. airstrikes in Yemen through a private Signal chat that included family members and his personal attorney. Sources said he used his personal phone to relay jet flight schedules before the March 15 mission. The Pentagon inspector general opened a review into Hegseth’s use of nonsecure messaging apps. Lawmakers from both parties raised concerns, while Hegseth and the White House denied he sha…
The US government's chat affair is expanding, and the United States Secretary of Defense is said to have sent military information to his wife.
According to a newspaper report, U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth has shared details of an attack on the militant-Islamist Huthi militia in another messenger service chat group.
Hegseth said to have shared attack details in second Signal chat - West Hawaii Today
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
In a security breach last month, Pete Hegseth also shared information about a strike in Yemen on another Signal group, reported on Sunday, 20 April, several American media outlets.
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