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CNN Exclusive: #Watchdog finds #Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive #WarPlans on #Signal

Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth risked compromising sensitive #military information, which could have endangered #US troops & mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting #Houthi rebels in #Yemen, acc/to 4 sources familiar with contents of #classified #InspectorGeneral report.

#law #OpSec #SignalGate
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/politics/watchdog-report-hegseth-signal

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents of a classified Inspector General report that was sent to Congress Tuesday night.

CNN

The repercussions of Hegseth’s action, 2 sources told CNN, are less clear since the #IG concluded that the #defense secy has the authority to declassify info & #Hegseth asserted he made an operational decision in the moment to share that information, though there is no documentation of such a decision.

An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The #classified report was sent to #Congress Tuesday night.

#law #MilitaryLaw #OpSec #SignalGate #Signal #Trump

Msgs sent from Hegseth’s #Signal account to the group chat, which sources previously confirmed included material from documents marked #classified at the time they were sent, offered specific, real-time updates about planned #military strikes. They were so specific that one even read: “This is when the first bombs will drop.”
It’s unclear if #Hegseth properly declassified that info before sharing it w/ other #Trump ofcls,& the Atlantic’s #JeffreyGoldberg, who was accidentally added to the chat.

#Hegseth refused to sit for an interview with the #InspectorGeneral & submitted “his version of events” in writing, sources told CNN.

The #IG’s findings are memorialized in a broader report produced after its months-long investigation into Hegseth’s use of #Signal.

The report states that Hegseth should not have used Signal & that senior #Defense Dept officials need better training on protocols, the sources said.

#law #MilitaryLaw #OpSec #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Trump #idiocracy

The release of the investigation could compound existing concerns voiced by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle about Hegseth’s “judgement” & bring renewed attention to an issue that nearly led to his firing several months ago, CNN has reported.

#law #MilitaryLaw #OpSec #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Signal #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #USIntelligenceAgencies

A few idiots on the chat:

#JDVance #Hegseth #TulsiGabbard #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller

Here is coverage of the #InspectorGeneral report from #TheAtlantic who originally broke the #HouthiPCSmallGroup #Signal story

#Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages

An inspector-general report finds that the #defense secretary violated his own department’s policies.

#law #MilitaryLaw #OpSec #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Trump #DoD #Pentagon #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/hegseth-signalgate-trump-defense-pentagon/684997/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxTIcgKrqBOvn__3F2rOVnNM

Signalgate Report Says Hegseth Could Have Endangered Troops

The inspector general finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.

The Atlantic

For nearly 9 months, #Trump admin officials have defended top #NationalSecurity leaders who shared information in a #Signal chat about #US strikes in #Yemen, first reported by #TheAtlantic’s editor in chief, #JeffreyGoldberg, who was inadvertently included in the group. Officials played down the severity of the breach & insisted that the information wasn’t #classified.

#law #MilitaryLaw #military #OpSec #SignalGate #HouthiPCSmallGroup #Hegseth #DoD #Pentagon #Defense #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Now the #Pentagon’s top #watchdog has concluded that the info #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, US personnel, & #NationalSecurity at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands. The info #Hegseth shared included the precise times that fighter pilots would attack their targets. If #Houthi militants had learned those details in advance, they might have been able to shoot down US planes or better defend their positions.

#law #military #OpSec #SignalGate #Trump

Paul_IPv6 Dec 3

any bets on how long it takes for dui pete & WH to attack the IG report and fire those who wrote it?

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Dec 3

@Nonilex The Pentagon wants him gone

George Dinwiddie Dec 3

@Nonilex
#NationalSecurity leaders?
I would call them #NationalInsecurity leaders.

SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦Dec 3

@Nonilex
When you hire clowns, don’t be surprised when you have a circus

Laughing stock of the world

FurballsNHairballs Dec 3

@Nonilex
That IG will be fired soon.
😐

RalfMaximus Dec 3

"Better" training? How about any?

If Hegseth and his band of merry idiots received training of any kind, they're not acting like it.

It’s hard to remember shit you were told when you were drunk. Ask that #raccoon from Virginia.

Darwin Woodka Dec 3

@Nonilex @ralfmaximus

You mean the NEW Sec War?