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A Pentagon inspector general report<\/a> concludes that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth sent sensitive, nonpublic strike information over the encrypted app Signal using his personal phone, a violation of department policy, even as the watchdog affirms he has broad authority to classify or declassify military information.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Hegseth violated War Department protocol that bars officials from conducting government business on personal devices and from using commercial messaging applications to transmit nonpublic Pentagon information.<\/p>\n

Investigators found that Hegseth\u2019s March 15 messages to a Signal chat \u2014 which included an uncleared journalist \u2014 closely tracked timelines contained in a\u00a0SECRET\/\/NOFORN<\/i> operational email from Central Command. As the Pentagon\u2019s top classification authority<\/a>, he has the discretion to declassify information, but policy still prohibits using nonsecure, nonofficial channels to send it.<\/p>\n

“This Inspector General review is a TOTAL exoneration of Secretary Hegseth and proves what we knew all along \u2014 no classified information was shared. This matter is resolved, and the case is closed,” the department\u2019s chief spokesperson said in response to the report.<\/p>\n

HEGSETH MAINTAINS WHITE HOUSE BACKING AMID ‘SMEAR CAMPAIGN’ ALLEGING LIKELY OUSTER\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The secretary sent operational details roughly two to four hours before U.S. forces carried out a coordinated strike campaign on Houthi targets in Yemen. The IG found that doing so “risks potential compromise” and “could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“The Secretary sent information identifying the quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately 2 to 4 hours before the execution of those strikes. Although the Secretary wrote in his July 25 statement to the DoD OIG that ‘there were no details that would endanger our troops or the mission,\u2019” the report states.<\/p>\n

It continues: “If this information had fallen into the hands of U.S. adversaries, Houthi forces might have been able to counter U.S. forces or reposition personnel and assets to avoid planned U.S. strikes. Even though these events did not ultimately occur, the Secretary\u2019s actions created a risk to operational security that could have resulted in failed U.S. mission objectives and potential harm to U.S. pilots.”<\/p>\n

DEMS PRESS WALTZ ON HEGSETH SHARING ‘DEMONSTRABLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION’ IN SIGNAL CHAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The report says Hegseth monitored the Yemen strikes from a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) at his home with two aides and communicated with USCENTCOM via classified channels before posting what he later described as an unclassified “summary” to the Signal group.<\/p>\n

Several Pentagon officials told investigators that Hegseth participated in additional Signal group chats \u2014 including one labeled “Defense Team Huddle” \u2014 to assign tasks, discuss internal matters and, in at least one case, share similar operational information.<\/p>\n

Officials also installed a special tethering system that allowed Hegseth to view and operate his personal phone from inside his secure Pentagon suite while the device remained physically outside the classified space. The IG said it could not determine whether this setup met security requirements.<\/p>\n

The controversy began after then\u2013national security adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently added\u00a0Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Cabinet-level Signal chat, where Hegseth shared the strike details. The IG determined that including a journalist in the chat “risked U.S. personnel and security.”<\/p>\n

Because many of the messages in the chat were auto-deleted before the Pentagon preserved them, the report also finds that Hegseth violated federal record-keeping law<\/a>, which requires officials to forward records from nonofficial messaging accounts to their government accounts within 20 days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ig-hegseth-broke-pentagon-rules-using-signal-share-strike-details-though-no-classified-info-released <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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