{"id":3569,"date":"2025-12-03T19:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:50:17","slug":"pentagon-watchdog-hegseth-put-u-s-personnel-at-risk-by-sharing-strike-details-on-signal-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"PENTAGON WATCHDOG: HEGSETH PUT U.S. PERSONNEL AT RISK BY SHARING STRIKE DETAILS ON SIGNAL, REPORT SAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><em>The inspector general found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used an unauthorized app to share sensitive operational timing for Yemen strikes \u2014 while a journalist was accidentally added to one of the chats.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pentagon inspector general found that <strong>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/strong> put U.S. troops and missions at risk when he shared <strong>sensitive operational details<\/strong> about a planned strike on Yemen\u2019s Houthi militants over the encrypted messaging app <strong>Signal<\/strong>, according to two people familiar with the findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The classified review \u2014 delivered to lawmakers this week \u2014 concluded that Hegseth\u2019s use of the <strong>commercial, non-DoD platform<\/strong> violated security protocol and created <strong>operational exposure<\/strong>, even though the watchdog did <strong>not<\/strong> find that he improperly declassified information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partially redacted version of the report is expected to be released publicly later this week. CNN was first to report the findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">A JOURNALIST WAS ACCIDENTALLY ADDED TO THE CHAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The inspector general\u2019s findings stem in part from a now-public Signal thread that became exposed when <strong>journalist Jeffrey Goldberg<\/strong>, editor-in-chief of <em>The Atlantic<\/em>, was <strong>accidentally added<\/strong> to a group chat by then\u2013National Security Adviser <strong>Mike Waltz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chat included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vice President JD Vance<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DNI Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior NSC officials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And Hegseth himself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The thread discussed <strong>exact timing of U.S. air operations<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When warplanes would launch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When bombs would drop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timing for the \u201cstrike window\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location of a \u201ctarget terrorist\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sequential weapons use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These details were shared <strong>before aircraft were airborne<\/strong>, which multiple current and former U.S. military officials told the AP would <strong>never<\/strong> be permitted on an unsecured commercial app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth also created a <strong>second Signal thread<\/strong> with 13 people \u2014 including his <strong>wife and brother<\/strong> \u2014 where he shared similar strike details, according to the AP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signal is encrypted but <strong>not authorized<\/strong> for DoD classified or sensitive communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">FOLLOW-UP STRIKE UNDER SCRUTINY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings intensify pressure on Hegseth as lawmakers separately investigate a reported <strong>follow-up strike on a drug-smuggling boat<\/strong> in the Caribbean. According to a news report, survivors remained after the initial strike and Hegseth issued a verbal order to <strong>\u201ckill everybody.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth has defended the operation as occurring in the <strong>\u201cfog of war.\u201d<\/strong><br>He said he didn\u2019t \u201cstick around\u201d after the first strike, did not see survivors, and believes the naval commander made the \u201cright call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">HEGSETH SAYS HIS MESSAGES WERE \u201cUNCLASSIFIED\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth has denied mishandling classified materials, saying the chats were <strong>\u201cinformal, unclassified coordinations.\u201d<\/strong><br>But military officials countered that the level of specificity shared could not have been allowed under standard operational security rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a June hearing, Rep. <strong>Seth Moulton<\/strong> pressed Hegseth on whether he would hold himself accountable if the IG found wrongdoing:<br>Hegseth replied that he serves <strong>\u201cat the pleasure of the president.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">CONTEXT: THE HOUTHI CAMPAIGN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike planning occurred during the U.S. campaign against <strong>Iran-backed Houthi forces<\/strong> in Yemen in early 2024 \u2014 one of the Navy\u2019s most intense sustained sea battles since WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Houthis had been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting nearly <strong>$1 trillion<\/strong> in annual trade flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After months of combat, the campaign concluded when the U.S. said the Houthis pledged to stop targeting ships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspector general found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used an unauthorized app to share sensitive operational timing for Yemen strikes \u2014 while a journalist was accidentally added to one of the chats. 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