Pete Hegseths Signalgate -Skandal wurde irgendwie schlechter: Der Verteidigungsminister hat alles getan, um das Signal auf den Räumlichkeiten des Pentagon zu verwenden.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194337/pete-hegseth-signal-computer-pentagon
Pete Hegseths Signalgate -Skandal wurde irgendwie schlechter: Der Verteidigungsminister hat alles getan, um das Signal auf den Räumlichkeiten des Pentagon zu verwenden.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194337/pete-hegseth-signal-computer-pentagon
42 Kommentare
It’s not just reckless.
They were purposely not using official government communication. Because those are documented and could be used to hold them accountable.
These people are criminals.
This dude is so cooked. JFC.
His work computer is the only computer his third wife doesn’t have complete access to. That’s why he also has his AshleyMadison.com account on his Pentagon computer.
Is this a situation where he only knows how to use Signal and was never trained on how to use what he’s supposed to be using? And he’s just too proud to admit it and learn the new thing?
What’s his obsession with Signal?
espionage
He can use Signal from his new Pentagon makeup room. How convenient.
Next bombshell: Hegseth computer found running IRC client with #letsdocrime #secrets
It’s genuinely alarming to see a senior figure like that disregarding these types of rules, you know, basic security protocols, and, while it’s awful, there’s at least a flicker of hope that the potential framework for relocation programs mentioned in the article could offer some order to these chaotic situations, and it truly makes you think, doesn’t it, is this really the kind of governance we deserve, the kind our nation needs?
Top secret for Hegseth is optional. He is grossly unqualified. Boot!!!
What a guy. He just keeps giving us more.
People dont even realize that the fact it says „auto delete in # days/weeks“ is already a crime regardless if it’s confidential or not. This goes against the FOIA no matter what esp if it’s an official message.
Every federal employee will now have to take the cyber-security training again. Thanks. 🙏
There are multiple mandatory briefings stating not to use or download Signal or WhatsApp for classified communications. Trump’s circle chose to ignore the rules as a means to evade mandatory Federal Records Act, National Archive Records Administration, and Presidential Records Act laws and regulations.
When you elect criminals, you get unchecked criminal behavior.
Soon the war plans won’t have to be mistakenly sent, they will remotely acquired by the enemy.
Someone please explain air gaps to him.
>*The Washington Post* reports that the former Fox News host had Signal installed on his office computer at the Pentagon, a major security risk and further evidence that Hegseth used the messaging tool frequently for government business. According to the Post, the desktop app mirrored Hegseth’s phone and helped the secretary overcome the lack of cell phone service within the Pentagon.
>Cell phones and other personal electronic devices are not permitted within classified spaces, and installing Signal on his desktop computer allowed Hegseth to get around that prohibition. At least one of Hegseth’s top aides, his chief of staff Joe Kasper, also expressed interest in using Signal on Department of Defense computers, but it’s not clear how widespread the app is among Pentagon employees.
It just keeps growing and growing:
* [Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/)
* [Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials](https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-brought-his-wife-to-sensitive-meetings-with-foreign-military-officials-c16db0ea)
* [Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role as liaison and senior adviser inside the Pentagon](https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-brother-signal-dhs-hired-68678a8a653c79a4c6ae31a8bee64836)
* [Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat — The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html)
* [Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general’s secure messages](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/info-hegseths-yemen-signal-texts-came-generals-secure-messages-rcna198838)
* [‘Full-blown meltdown’ at Pentagon after Hegseth’s second Signal chat revealed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-pentagon)
* [Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage)
DEI hires are a million times more qualified than loyalty hires.
Mike Flynn is standing by. I wish I didn’t think this was a possibility.
Like this has to be on purpose right?
It’s like Whisky leak and the NSAA indiscriminate drinking scandals at the same time.
He probably used it in the oval office, some random SCIF, area 51A…
Yea but what about her e-mails? /S
Fire him.
He’s a spy for Russia.
This is part of Project 2025. They are breaking the laws, so that they can create new laws and not be held accountable after the takeover. This is an assault on our democracy, by the rich Christian right.
We have to hold them accountable now.
It’s almost like he’s a compromised for an agent or something
This has become a game of “how bad do you gotta fuck up national security to get fired.”
Or, you know, arrested like virtually anyone else would in these circumstances.
We all need to be calling our reps on n a daily basis until he resigns or is forced out. Every day.
“Hegseth and his team are also required by law to preserve messages sent to one another, and there’s no indication that they have done so with their conversations on Signal“
Yeah probably because if they were discovered he would be charged with violating numerous constitutional rights and, honestly, probably treason too. Like I feel like that’s in there too tbh.
At this point you have to start thinking if he’s another Russian agent rather than just an idiot
This makes sense. He has faced zero real consequences for any of his major mistakes thus far, and when he’s in front of the media he claims that the signal chat stuff is all a bunch of fake news. On top of that Trump continues to support him, at least publicly. Because of our current assbackwards reality this has worked up to this point, so the man obviously thinks he’s untouchable. In a sense, why wouldn’t he?
It really makes me wonder what’s being said behind closed doors. You would think he would have been reprimanded, and told to stop the signal shit by Trump or someone else. Even if his job is secure it’s still causing problems for Trump and the whole administration.
It seems their confidence in being untouchable has made them tone deaf and unable to read the room.
Ok, question: Do we know if this tent peg has brought his phone into a SCIF? If he’s using Signal in the Pentagon, he has his phone.
Enquiring minds want to know
The Signal is coming from inside the house lel
This is why Five Eyes is going to become 4 Eyes soon. USA is an untrustworthy intelligence partner.
I remember Trump said *The Pentagon aims to cut about 60,000 civilian employee*. Will Pete Hegseth be included in this plan?
I feel like we all kept saying that initially that the main issue wasn’t the accidental inclusion of someone (albeit huge) it’s the SOP of using signal to avoid any records. They are trying to work in the shadows to avoid the oversight our law requires.
I can’t wait for the year 2044 when some asshole on Fox News says, „Everyone remembers Secretary of State Clinton’s private email server and the danger this exposed the USA to…“
But there won’t have been a single mention of Signal since 2025.
There’s no way signal deletes that data. I’ve been here since the nsa wasn’t listening to us /s. These companies make more money off the data than they lose in the fines.
almost like he’s doing crimes on purpose. if only there were a word for people who do that 🤔 maybe crimers
Reality winner had to serve time in prison for actions much much much less serious than this.
So Signal was already known by our government to be an app that is capable of being compromised… But it can still be downloaded onto the Pentagon computers? I’ve got better security at my day job that prevents me from downloading specific apps. Hegseth is a dummy, but why is that app not blacklisted in their network security protocols?
But.
Her.
Emails.
How did he get Signal linked to phone number in the first place without his phone present and on the internet?