U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth created risks that could have harmed American servicemen when he sent chat group messages about pending airstrikes in Yemen, according to a U.S. Department of Defense inspector general report released on Thursday.

Hegseth used his personal cell phone to send messages about the March strikes on Houthi rebels in a Signal group chat that inadvertently included Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

“The secretary sent information identifying 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 report said. “If this information had fallen into the hands of U.S. adversaries, Houthi forces might have been able to

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