Pentagon report concludes Hegseth put troops in danger with Signal chat

Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in YemenA widely awaited Department of Defense report concluded that defense secretary Pete Hegseth violated departmental policies when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March that included details of a planned airstrike in Yemen against Houthi fighters, said a source familiar with the report.The Signal chat was disclosed after a reporter for the Atlantic was added as a member. It also included JD Vance, CIA director John Ratcliffe and then-national security adviser Mike Waltz. The report did not examine the conduct of those officials, since they do not work at the Department of Defense. Continue reading…