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Two of the Pentagon’s top investigative bodies are digging into a pair of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s close aides and their role in the controversy surrounding government use of the Signal app to discuss sensitive information, according to three people familiar with the probes.
The Defense Department Inspector General’s office first opened an investigation in early April into whether Hegseth violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information by using the commercial messaging app to discuss active attack plans in Yemen.
As part of that probe, investigators are looking into whether senior Hegseth aide Ricky Buria helped the Pentagon chief set up an unsecured internet line that bypassed the agency’s security protocols and allowed Hegseth to access Signal, according to the three people, all of whom were interviewed recently by officials about the situation. The Signal app is not approved for government use when discussing classified information because of security concerns.
Hegseth endangered National Security by using an unsecure public messaging app to discuss classified material and invited a person with NO security clearance to listen in. He should be in prison.
The Defense Department Inspector General’s office first opened an investigation in early April into whether Hegseth violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information by using the commercial messaging app to discuss active attack plans in Yemen.
As part of that probe, investigators are looking into whether senior Hegseth aide Ricky Buria helped the Pentagon chief set up an unsecured internet line that bypassed the agency’s security protocols and allowed Hegseth to access Signal, according to the three people, all of whom were interviewed recently by officials about the situation. The Signal app is not approved for government use when discussing classified information because of security concerns.
Hegseth endangered National Security by using an unsecure public messaging app to discuss classified material and invited a person with NO security clearance to listen in. He should be in prison.
