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The Pentagon's Inspector General's office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of an unclassified commercial texting application to coordinate on the...
Wall Street Journal |
The Pentagon’s inspector general said Thursday it had launched a review into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans ahead of U.S. strikes on Yemen in a Signal chat group.
U.S. News & World Report |
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 co...

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Pentagon watchdog opens probe into use of Signal for Yemen attack plans
The Pentagon's Inspector General's office announced on Thursday 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.
Pentagon To Probe Trump Aide's Use Of Signal App For Yemen Chat Leak Case
The Acting Inspector General (IG) of the US Department of Defence (Pentagon) will probe Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth's use of Signal in a group chat with other national security officials to discuss military actions against the Houthis.
Pentagon inspector general to investigate Pete Hegseth's role in Signal chat leak
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.
Pentagon Inspector General to Review Hegseth’s Role in Signal Chat
The independent watchdog said it would assess whether the defense secretary followed department policies when he shared military strike plans in a group chat.
Pentagon inspector general launches investigation into Signal app use
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other members of the Trump administration are being investigated for their recent use of a Signal app before a military strike on the Houthis in Yemen.
Pentagon Watchdog Will Probe Defense Secretary Hegseth’s ‘Signalgate’ Group Chat
The investigation will determine if Hegseth improperly discussed operational plans and violated records retention rules.
Pentagon’s Watchdog to Review Hegseth’s Use of Signal App to Convey Plans for Houthi Strike
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militant
Watchdog to investigate Hegseth’s sharing of airstrike info on Signal
The Defense Inspector General's Office will look into whether the defense secretary improperly shared sensitive information on the commercial app.
'Don't bring that up again': Reporter's question gets under Trump's skin
President Donald Trump was not a fan of a reporter's question aboard Air Force One on Thursday.The Pentagon's Inspector General announced earlier in the day that it launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of a Signal group chat to discuss an imminent attack.
Signal downloads skyrocket in Yemen, US after leak
In the US, daily downloads tripled to more than 60,000. In Yemen, where the app is less popular, downloads increased by five times to more than 1,000 per day, bringing the platform from No. 50 in the iOS social media app rankings to No. 9 in the country today.
What to Know About the Fallout From the Signal Group Chat Leak
The White House continued to downplay the seriousness of the incident, parsing semantics and attacking the journalist who was inadvertently added to the chat.
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
Signal leak fallout continues: The Atlantic publishes Trump officials' chat messages on Yemen strikes
The fallout continues over a security breach in which high-ranking members of the Trump administration accidentally shared plans about a forthcoming U.S. military attack on Yemen with the top editor of the Atlantic magazine on the Signal messaging app.
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Top Armed Services Republican and Democrat call for independent probe of Hegseth and Signal leak
WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an expedited investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leak of information about an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen.
5 Voters Weigh In on the Signal Leak
What did they think about the national security breach, in which Trump administration officials discussed attack plans in Yemen on a commercial messaging app?
Trump suggests Signal ‘could be defective’ while blaming chat leak on ‘witch hunt’: ‘The press up-plays it’
President Trump suggested Wednesday that the encrypted Signal messaging platform his top national security brass used to plan out a mid-March strike against the Houthis may be
Israeli Officials Are Upset Over Signal War Plans Leak: Report
Israel reportedly supplied sensitive intelligence about a human target discussed in a Signal chat that included a journalist.
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The Signal attack plan messages: What we do and don't know
KNOWN: Just hours before the attack on the Houthis in Yemen began ... group got access to the Signal texts.___KNOWN: Hegseth is cracking down on unauthorized leaks of information inside the ...
White House Says It’s ‘Moving Forward’ From Signal Leak: ‘This Case Has Been Closed’
The White House on Monday said it was “moving forward” from the fallout surrounding the leak of sensitive military plans to a journalist in a Signal group chat among top administration officials—even as some Republicans push for an independent investigation.
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