Pentagon’s IG To “Review” Hegseth’s Use Of Signal

The Associated Press reports:

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle classified material and is not part of the Defense Department’s secure communications network.

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.

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The Pentagon’s independent watchdog is launching a probe into the Trump administration’s use of Signal by Defense Secretary Hegseth and other senior Trump administration officials to discuss a future U.S. military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. https://t.co/NzZJbIgrsA pic.twitter.com/3XzjrOG1S2

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