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. Chief pentagon spokesman sean parnell shot down a new york times (nyt) report that defense secretary pete hegseth shared sensitive information in another signal group chat, according to people. Signal, the software at the center of the leak
Secret US war plans leaked in a Signal group chat by accident
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.
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. 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.
According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, secretary hegseth used his personal phone to send information about u.s 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.
