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The Pentagon inspector general announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into the leak of attack plans by senior officials on a commercial messaging app.
Wall Street Journal |
The Pentagon’s inspector general said Thursday it had launched a review into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sharing of military plans ahead of U.S. strikes on Yemen in a Signal chat group.
U.S. News & World Report |
The review will also look at other defense officials' use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle classified material and is not part of the Defense Department’s secure co...

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WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an expedited investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leak of information ... encrypted messaging app Signal about an imminent attack.
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