Pentagon report concludes Hegseth put troops in danger with Signal chat

Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in Yemen

A widely awaited Department of Defense report concluded that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, violated departmental policies when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March that included details of a planned airstrike in Yemen against Houthi fighters, said a source familiar with the report.

The Signal chat was disclosed after a reporter for the Atlantic was added as a member. It also included JD Vance, the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, and the then-national security adviser, Mike Waltz. The report did not examine the conduct of those officials, since they do not work at the Department of Defense.