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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Pentagon watchdog told Hegseth’s leaked Signal chat info came from email classified ‘secret’

Information sent by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the commercial messaging app Signal to senior officials and a journalist came from a classified email labeled “SECRET,” the Pentagon’s watchdog has been informed.

The classified message was also headed as “NOFORN” – meaning that it was not to be seen by foreign nationals – according to several people familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Washington Post.

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