White house hit back at news reports detailing secretary pete hegseth's reported involvement in a second signal group chat, calling it a nonstory while also slamming recently fired defense staffers. The texts clearly show the claim made by secretary of defense pete hegseth that no one was texting war plans, was a lie Defense secretary pete hegseth reportedly shared sensitive military information with his wife, brother and personal lawyer on a signal group chat.
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Signal, the software at the center of the leak
Instead, the secretary blamed the disclosure of the second signal chat on leaks from disgruntled former staff
Hegseth has aggressively denied that the information he posted was classified Regardless of that, signal is a commercially available app that is encrypted but is not a government network and not authorized to carry classified information. The second signal chat surfaced as controversy swirls around the head of the pentagon, who this year is controlling a budget of $892bn (£670bn) Hegseth last week fired three top officials for an.
Trump defended defense secretary pete hegseth, following reports of another signal chat that included his wife and brother 'pete's doing a great job,' he said. Hegseth, for the second day in a row, blamed leakers in the pentagon for a new report he shared sensitive military information in a second signal group chat that included his wife and brother. Defense secretary pete hegseth on tuesday defended his sharing of sensitive military details for a second time using the signal messing app while faulting pentagon officials who were recently.
The atlantic has published the full signal text thread that was mistakenly sent to one of their reporters regarding an imminent attack of u.s
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