Pentagon Chief Scandalously Shares Sensitive Security Details of Strikes on Yemen during Signal Chat: Report
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike on Yemen that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders, The New York Times reported.
A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the second chat to The Associated Press.
The second chat on Signal — which is a commercially available app not authorized to be used to communicate sensitive or classified national defense information — included 13 people, the person said. The person also confirmed the chat was dubbed “Defense ‘ Team Huddle.”
The New York Times reported that the group included Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, who is a former Fox News producer, and his brother Phil Hegseth, who was hired at the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser. Both have traveled with the defense secretary and attended high-level meetings.
The White House and Pentagon said late Sunday that disgruntled former employees were spreading false claims.
US warplanes conducted fresh airstrikes across Yemen Sunday evening, heavily targeting the capital Sanaa and multiple governorates throughout the country.
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