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NBC News |
Hegseth and other senior administration officials have repeatedly denied that he shared classified info in the group chat.
U.S. News & World Report |
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 the Ma...
Forbes |
The evaluation is in response to a request from the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee—Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., respectively—to look int...
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Speaking as a former naval aviator (515 missions during the Vietnam War), the content of the Signal texts that the Atlantic published categorically refute Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s assertion that no classified information was discussed. Here’s why the texts’ references to the attack were top secret:
Sen. Chuck Grassley said he didn't read transcripts of the text messages and "probably won't" but said they weren't classified information.
The White House continued to downplay the seriousness of the incident, parsing semantics and attacking the journalist who was inadvertently added to the chat.
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
Sue Gordon, former principal deputy national intelligence director, said the Trump administration needs to deal with any "persistent risk" to communications following the Signal chat leak.
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Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leakThe top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an investigation into how Trump national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes.
The stunning news that the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic was accidentally included on a Signal chat where Trump defense and intelligence officials including Vice
The military takes extraordinary measures to keep combat operations secret, cutting off outside communications for service members before launching an attack.