The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General released a report Thursday finding that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth improperly used a messaging app, risking the compromise of sensitive information.

The report says using a personal device to send nonpublic Department of Defense information violates department policy. It confirmed that Hegseth used the Signal app to share the “quantity and strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately two to four hours before the execution of those strikes.” The Pentagon watchdog said the communications risked sensitive information and “could cause harm to DoD personnel and mission objectives.”

The inspector general noted that Hegseth has authority to declassify information and did

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