Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth risked the safety of U.S. forces with use of Signal

Tom Bowman

Deirdre Walsh

Elena Moore

December 03, 2025 / 12:19 pm

A Pentagon watchdog has determined that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked the safety of U.S. servicemembers by sharing sensitive military information on the Signal messaging app, according to a source who has reviewed the forthcoming inspector general report.

The report, which is expected to be released as early as Thursday, was launched after a journalist for The Atlantic revealed in March that he had been added to a chat on the encrypted messaging app in which Hegseth and other top officials were discussing plans for U.S. airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

A summary of the report provided to NPR finds that had a for

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