Defense Minister Pit Hegset, reportedly made a second private signal about the upcoming Yemen strikes with members, including his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to New York TimesThe sources reported that the hegset divided the flight graphs for the Hornie F-18, aimed at the Husites in Yemen, as well as in a separate chat of the signal on the same day when accidentally turned on AtlanticEditor -in -chief.
It is not clear that one of the people in the group chat will have to know about attacks, although the brother and lawyer of Hegsit are working in the Pentagon. Jennifer Hegset, the wife of the Minister of Defense, does not work in the Ministry of Defense, the report says.
The second chat called “Protection | Huddle team was created by his hegset before his confirmation and included a dozen people from his professional and personal circle (including two senior advisers who were Recently shot from the accusations of a leak) Initially, it was created to resolve discussions of the routine schedule and administrative information about the personal structure of the Hegset.
The US official said in New York Times that there was no violation of national security, but did not comment on whether Hegset shared detailed information about the target perspective. “The truth is that there is an informal group chat, which began before confirming its closest advisers. Nothing classified was discussed in this chat. ”
Officials of the Trump administration previously defended the Hegset from the first violation, claiming that there has never been any classified information. However, the Democrats in Congress expressed anxiety. “If this is true, this incident is another alarming example of the reckless neglect of the Hegset secretary for the laws and protocols, followed by every other military member,” said Senator Jack Reid, senior democrat in the committee on armed forces. “Every day he remains at his work – this is another day of the life of our troops under the threat of his unusual stupidity,” added a Democrat Senator Tammy Dakvort.