Watchdog: Hegseth’s Signal use put military personnel at risk

The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegeth’s use of the Signal messaging app put military personnel at risk. The inspector general reviewed Hegseth’s use of Signal to convey sensitive information about a military strike earlier this year. In a report to be released this week, the watchdog concluded that the defense secretary did not violate the government’s classification rules, even though the use of a commercial messaging app put troops and their mission at risk. In response, the Pentagon’s spokesman called it a “total exoneration” of Hegseth and that “this matter is resolved, and the case is closed.”