Pete Hegseth could have endangered troop safety with Signal chat says Pentagon watchdog | BBC News

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth could have endangered troops' safety when he used an unsecured app to discuss a planned attack on militants in Yemen, according to a report from the Pentagon's inspector general, an internal watchdog.

The details of the March attack were discussed on the commercial Signal app, and were first revealed after a journalist was mistakenly added to the group chat.

Using his personal device, Hegseth shared information from a classified report, but the inspector general did not determine if Hegseth had declassified it first.

The Trump administration has denied the information shared in the chat was classified.

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Post from BBC News on December 04, 2025

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