US EditionWatchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal
The Pentagon watchdog found Hegseth shared SECRET//NOFORN Yemen strike details on Signal, risking troop safety; an unclassified IG report will be released this week.
- Tuesday night, the Pentagon inspector general found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering U.S. troops by relaying sensitive strike details on the Signal app, and a classified report was delivered to Congress with an unclassified version expected later this week.
- Because Signal is not authorized for classified materials, key information from a `SECRET//NOFORN` email by Gen. Michael Kurilla risked exposing U.S. service members and the mission.
- Hegseth sent messages that included the line `THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP` and noted 1415 as the March 15 strike unfolded as described in the Signal group chat.
- Pressure on Hegseth mounted after the IG findings, with lawmakers calling for an independent inquiry and Kristen Holmes warning, `I think this is going to again, lead to this whole narrative as to whether or not Hegseth stays as the head of the Secretary of Defense.`
- Hegseth declined an in-person IG interview and submitted a written statement claiming he can declassify material, while investigators relied partly on screenshots published by The Atlantic due to limited message access.
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The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is multiplied by open fronts and criticisms. A report accuses him of endangering the troops when he sent a group on a social network messages with confidential information about bombings in Yemen last spring, in the scandal nicknamed Signalgate. Meanwhile, suspicions continue that he may have committed a war crime in the double attack on a narco-lank in the Caribbean, in which the second blow struck two su…
The Defense Minister had revealed, among other things, in some of his messages to other members of the discussion group what times bombings would be launched in Yemen.
The leader of the Pentagon had revealed the hour of strikes in Yemen in a conversation containing a journalist.
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Pentagon review faults Hegseth over Signal messages on Yemen strikes, sources say
WASHINGTON: A Pentagon investigation has faulted US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it could have endangered US troops if intercepted, two people familiar with the document said on Wednesday (Dec 3).
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