After the leaks of a signal attack plan, the Pentagon will investigate the US Minister of Defense – Liberation
Of « signalgate ». The Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense will investigate the use by his leader, Pete Hegseth, of signal messaging, After the security flaw concerning American strikes on Houthis in Yemen, According to a memo published this Thursday, April 3. The survey will assess « To what extent the Minister of Defense and other officials of the ministry respected policies and procedures concerning the use of commercial messaging applications for official purposes », Can we read it.
The case, which rocked the Trump administration last week, was revealed by a magazine journalist The Atlantic, in error integrated into a group of discussion on the signal encrypted application, where The highest officials of the administration mentioned upcoming strikes Against the Houthis rebels of Yemen. The survey will assess « To what extent the Minister of Defense and other officials of the ministry respected policies and procedures concerning the use of commercial messaging applications for official purposes ».
« In addition, we will examine compliance with the requirements in terms of classification and conservation of documents », We still learn to read this memo, which specifies that the investigation follows a request from the two main members of the Senate Armed Forces Commission, one Republican and the other of the Democratic opposition.
In the American government, general inspectors are independent. They are notably responsible for detecting and preventing frauds, waste and abuses committed by civil servants. They must also investigate violations of laws, regulations and ethical standards committed by employees.
Despite the controversy, President Donald Trump defended his security team, his government directly attacking the journalist for The Atlantic. Pete « Hegseth does a great job, he has nothing to do with that », he said. No American officials will be dismissed, had also insisted Vice-President JD Vance. At the end of last week, a federal judge had ordered the Trump administration of « preserve » Signal conversation messages.
