Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified 'SECRET,' watchdog told
Source: Washington Post
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 p.m. EDT
The Pentagon’s independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said. The revelation appears to contradict longstanding claims by the Trump administration that no classified information was divulged in unclassified group chats that critics have called a significant security breach.
The messages about the bombing campaign, posted in at least two group chats using the unclassified messaging app Signal, are the focus of an inquiry by the Defense Department inspector general’s office requested in April by Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The strike plans had been shared in a classified email with more than a dozen defense officials by Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, the top commander overseeing U.S. military operations in the Middle East, and then were posted in the unclassified group chats by an account affiliated with Hegseth on March 15, shortly before the United States began attacking Houthi militants, the people familiar with the matter said.
The “SECRET” classification of Kurilla’s email, which has not previously been reported, denoted that the information was classified at a level at which unauthorized disclosure could be expected to cause serious damage to national security. The “NOFORN” label means it also was not meant for anyone who is a foreign national, including senior officials of close allies of the U.S.
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If he's really that stupid he needs to locked out of government intelligence systems immediately.
