According to a letter from the IG’s office on Thursday, CNN will examine the secretary of the signal of signals in a group chat along with other National Security Officers, along with other National Security Officers, Acting Inspector General of Acting (Pentagon).
In a letter to Hegseth, Acting Inspector General Steven Stebins informed him about an upcoming evaluation following the request of the Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman and Ranking Member.
Stebins stated that the evaluation is in response to recent public reports about Hegseth’s use of “unclaimed commercial messaging applications” to discuss military functions in Yemen in March.
“The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you that we are starting the subject evaluation. We are conducting this evaluation in response to March 26, 2025, the letter to me from the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the letter received from the rankings member, requesting that I conduct an investigation to an inquiry to provide a depressively available to provide a depressed to provide a depressively available.
The letter further states, “The purpose of this evaluation is to determine to determine what extent it has been determined by the Secretary of Defense and other DOD personnel with DOD policies and procedures for the use of a commercial message application for the official business. In addition, we will review classification and compliance with record retention requirements.”
In particular, a leaked signal chat revealed that senior officials of the Trump administration, including Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Ratcliffe shared details about an upcoming military strike on Yemen, the Atlantic said.
Unknowingly, the Editor of Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, unknowingly sent serious concerns over operations.
The administration reduced the incident, the officials insisted that no classified information was shared. At the Senate hearing, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe said that there were no classified material in messages. President Donald Trump rejected the concerns over security violations and echoed the claim.
The chat, named “Houthi PC Small Group”, included specific details about the attack time and logistics. On March 15 at 11:44 pm, a message from Hegseth at Eastern time provided a real -time update on the position of the mission, stating that the weather conditions were favorable and confirmed with the Central Command (centcom) that the operation was moving forward. He then launched for F -18 fighter jets and MQ -9 drones, as well as with a time -line of the expected attacks. According to the message, the first bombs were left at the eastern time at 2:15 pm.
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