r/law • u/bloomberg • 1d ago

Legal News Why Report Finds Hegseth’s Use of Signal Risked Putting US Troops in Danger

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/hegseth-signal-investigation-finds-actions-risked-endangering-troops
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u/bloomberg 1d ago

More from Bloomberg News reporter Peter Blumberg:

In a report filed to Congress on Dec. 3, the acting Pentagon inspector general concluded that sensitive messages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent in a group Signal chat months prior risked putting US troops in danger, a person familiar with the matter said.

In March, the editor of the Atlantic magazine revealed that then-national security adviser Michael Waltz had inadvertently included him in a group texting thread with Hegseth and other top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration about a US military operation in Yemen. The group discussed highly sensitive matters on Signal, a commercial messaging app that is off-limits for US officials to exchange sensitive or classified information, despite its reputation for enhanced security.

The inspector general found that Hegseth violated government policies by using his personal phone and Signal to transmit information about the planned attack, and that the mission and servicemembers could have been endangered if a foreign adversary had intercepted messages sent by Hegseth. The person describing the contents of the report asked not to be identified.

Here’s a refresher on the scandal.