Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth broke policies by using Signal to discuss airstrikes

Elena Moore

December 04, 2025 / 10:08 am

A Pentagon watchdog has released a report that finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated agency policy by using the Signal messaging app to discuss U.S. airstrikes in Yemen.

The investigation's findings, released Thursday, are the culmination of a months-long probe led by Pentagon Inspector General Steven Stebbins. It was started after a journalist for The Atlantic reported in March that he had been added to a Signal group chat where a handful of top officials discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The 84-page report concludes that Hegseth's decision to share highly sensitive military plans on the commercially available encrypted messagin

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