Pentagon probes Defense Secretary’s use of commercial texting app

Published 03/04/2025, 20:10
Pentagon probes Defense Secretary’s use of commercial texting app

Investing.com -- The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office has started an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified commercial texting application. The app was used to coordinate the U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, which took place on March 15.

The purpose of this evaluation is to ascertain the extent of compliance by the Secretary of Defense and other Department of Defense (DoD) personnel with the DoD’s policies and procedures. The policies in question pertain to the use of a commercial messaging application for official business. This information was provided in a memo by Steven Stebbins, the acting Inspector General.

The investigation will focus on whether the use of the unclassified commercial texting app for coordinating the March 15 strikes was in line with the DoD’s policies and procedures. The probe was announced on Thursday by the Inspector General’s office.

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