Pentagon watchdog to probe defense chief over Signal chat row
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The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on
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The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Hegseth's use of the app came to light when a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was added to a Signal text chain by national security adviser Mike Waltz.
Acting DOD Inspector General Steven Stebbins notified Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg that an investigation was being initiated.
Hegseth's use of the app came to light when a journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was added to a Signal text chain by national security adviser Mike Waltz.
WASHINGTON >> The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office announced today it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified commercial texting application to coordinate on the highly sensitive March 15 launch of U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthis.
The use of the Signal messaging app by top Trump officials came to light after The Atlantic’s editor was added to a group chat about planned Houthi strikes.
The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department will review Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other key national security officials to discuss military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last month, the IG’s office announced on Thursday.
The Defense Department's Inspector General Steven Stebbins launched an investigation into Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth's reported use of Signal to discuss Houthi attack plans.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to
The Pentagon's internal watchdog notified the defense secretary of a probe into whether he shared classified information last month in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.
Hegseth had sent detailed attack plans to a Signal group chat of top Trump administration officials on March 15 that inadvertently included Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who later published the messages.
The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app to coordinate strike plans against Houthi militants, raising security and records concerns.
The Defense Department inspector general's office said Thursday it will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging apps like Signal to discuss sensitive details on planned U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.
