U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing scrutiny after reportedly sharing sensitive information about planned military strikes in Yemen within a private Signal messaging group that included not only government officials but also his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, according to a report by The New York Times.
“Sources” told the paper that in March, Hegseth sent details — including the flight schedule of F/A-18 Hornet jets targeting the Houthi militant group — from his personal phone to a chat titled “Defense | Team Huddle.” While he also shared the same information in official administration channels, the inclusion of his wife Jennifer, a former Fox News producer with no formal role at the Department of Defense, raised concerns. His brother and lawyer, both Pentagon employees, were also on the chat, though their need for the operational information remains unclear.
Hegseth reportedly created the group, which included a mix of personal and professional contacts. His use of Signal is already the subject of a Department of Defense Inspector General investigation, launched following earlier concerns about leaks involving confidential military discussions.
The Pentagon responded Monday, denying that any classified material had been shared. “There was no classified information in any Signal chat,” said Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, who also accused former Pentagon staffers of attempting to undermine Hegseth and President Trump’s administration.
The only source of the New York Times was the words of former Pentagon employees, who “appear to have a motive to sabotage” Hegseth and US President Donald Trump’s agenda, the statement added.
Further controversy emerged after far-left legacy media outlet The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg revealed he was mistakenly added to a separate Signal group discussing the March 15 Yemen strikes. Goldberg claimed the group included senior officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, and that Hegseth had shared aircraft and target information hours before the operation. He also alleged that the use of auto-deleting messages violated federal record-keeping rules.
The Pentagon’s acting Inspector General, Steven Stebbins, formally notified Hegseth in early April that an investigation was underway into these incidents.
As an ordinary person, i don t have any ” big secret” to hide. But i like my anonymity and privacy.
Reason why i will never trust anything ” confidencial” being work work or otherwise to a telephone or computer.
This generation is plain stupid
Signal was mandated on all their devices by the GOVERNMENT. So there’s your first clue.
Cleary Hegseth has been too effective at his job.
Odd how no one is trying to sabotage Bondi or Patel. Wonder what THAT suggests… 🤔 🤷🏼♂️
https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/04/23/1259445.html
Indeed. This explains a lot
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-shown-dan-caldwell
So, here we are
I made the first comment. Old but still not familiar with the ways of the world.
Thank you all for educating me.Never too old to learn !!
Learnt a lot since i visit regularly DTNZ !!
Smear campaign because this man, very sensibly, doesn’t want war, with Iran…..
…possibly to reduce Yemeni / Houthi civilian casualties, thus escaping a war crime for killing the same as ‘Collateral Casualties’?
Signal was designed to route all communications through one system. Your phone number identifies you. Signal was developed and operated by the CIA.
Try an app called Sesson. It uses the tor network 3 times. It wont broadcast to your contacts you have joined. Your numer is generated.
It takes a while to connect. A call because of the tor network.