US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth potentially jeopardized American troops safety when he used the encrypted messaging app Signal to share highly sensitive military strike plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this year, CNN reported, citing four sources familiar with a classified Inspector General (IG) investigation.

According to the news outlet, the IG report concluded that sharing real-time operational details over Signal “could have endangered American troops and mission objectives.”

An unclassified version of the IG report is expected to be released publicly on Thursday (December 4). The classified report was sent to Congress Tuesday night.

Real-time strike details shared in group chat

Messages sent from Hegseth’s Signal account to a group chat included specific, real-t

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