The official watchdog of the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday that it is probing Defense Secretary Pete Hegses’ involvement with Signal Gate.
Hegseth shared a comprehensive attack strategy with the Top Trump administration’s Top Chat on March 15. This inadvertently included Chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic editor, who subsequently published a message.
This is the latest regarding Yemen Signal Group Chat.
“The goal of this evaluation is to ascertain how well the Secretary of Defense and other DOD officials have adhered to DOD guidelines and procedures regarding the use of commercial messaging platforms for official activities,” the inspector’s office at the Pentagon stated in a memo on Thursday.
Breakdown of military terms used in Signal Group Chat
- “Trigger Base” = Sensor employed to verify the target’s identity
- “Target Strike Drone” = Drone used for target bombing
- “Sea-based Tomahawk” = Cruise missile launched from at least one submarine
- “OPSEC” = Operational Security
- “Positive ID” = Confirmed terrorist identification
- BDA = Battle Damage Assessment after an attack
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Jack Reed (D-RI) have been urging the Pentagon’s Watchdog to look into the Signal Gate incident from last month.
Hegseth declined to share “war plans.” The leader of the top Trump administration spies, including National Intelligence Director Tarsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, stated he is the one to determine whether the content Hegus shared in the leaked signal chats is classified.
