Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s use of Signal app for Houthi strike plans

Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app will be reviewed by the Pentagon watchdog (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

The review will also look at other defence officials’ use of the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle classified material and is not part of the department of defence’s (DoD) secure communications network.