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Signal chat flouted rules on classified intel, say former defense officials

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a highly classified Yemen attack timeline to a Signal chat group.

The details should have been restricted to a special, compartmented channel with its own code word and with access tightly limited, former officials say.

The lack of operational security is a potentially grievous espionage vulnerability.

Signal is not installed on government phones at the FBI , a bureau official said.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Congress Signal was a “permissible” application for work use at the spy agency.

At the NSA , whose mission is to eavesdrop on foreign communications, Signal is allowed only for limited, unclassified purposes.

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