Washington: A Pentagon watchdog has determined that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth risked exposing classified information when he passed details of a planned US strike in Yemen over the messaging app Signal, multiple media outlets reported.

The Pentagon inspector general found that the information Hegseth relayed originated from a US Central Command planning document that was marked Secret/NOFORN at the time, meaning it was barred from release to any foreign national, said the reports, quoting sources familiar with the affair.

According to the sources, the watchdog concluded that sharing those operational details on a commercial platform could have endangered US forces preparing for the strike, reports Xinhua news agency.

An inspector general report stated that Hegseth should not ha

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