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Senate committee presses Pentagon watchdog for answers on Signal chat

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) have sent a letter to the Defense Department’s acting inspector general demanding more information about a Signal chat on which senior Trump officials apparently discussed military attack plans.

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LaGrange Daily News

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CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - John Tures: We Need To Investigate Our Foreign Policy Getting Its Signals Crossed - LaGrange Daily News

The inclusion of a magazine editor on what our foreign policy team thought was a secure channel, the strong possibility that classified material was posted on this private chat, and the ever-changing stories and competing claims by those involved shows why our U.S. Congress needs to do its job, and investigate what happened. Otherwise, our government will continue to make such blunders, making it easier for our adversaries to find out exactly wh…

2 days ago·LaGrange, United States

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WKYC

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Pentagon sent memo to employees warning about Signal security risks prior to war plans leak

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and others are under fire for using Signal to share plans for a military strike in Yemen, plans that were shared with a journalist.

3 days ago·Cleveland, United States

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

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US senators from both parties urge formal probe of Signal chat attack plan - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday they had asked the Pentagon to investigate the Trump administration’s use of the Signal messaging app to discuss sensitive attack plans.

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Federal News Network

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Signal leak dominates confirmation hearing for top Pentagon nominees

As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to manage the fallout from the Signal incident, four nominees for top Pentagon positions faced questions about their own history of handling sensitive and classified information during their confirmation hearing on Thursday. The leak of a Signal group chat where members of the Trump administration discussed operational details for upcoming strikes against the Houthis in Yemen has sent shock w…

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New Hampshire Union Leader

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US senators from both parties urge formal probe of Signal chat attack plan

The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday they had asked the Pentagon to investigate the Trump administration’s use of the Signal messaging app to discuss sensitive attack plans.

4 days ago·New Hampshire, United States

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kentuckylantern.com

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Chairman, top Dem on U.S. Senate Armed Services ask for probe into Signalgate • Kentucky Lantern

An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase/Department of Defense)WASHINGTON — The chairman and ranking member on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee sent a letter to the Defense Department inspector general on Thursday asking the independent watchdog to open an investigation into top officials’ use of the Signal chat app to discuss plans for bombing Yemen. Mississippi Republican Sen. Rog…

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