Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.

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Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

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Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal

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Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say

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i’m starting to doubt these AP sources… well i always did but this time they’re saying things i want to here….
but what did he do? did he call up Cox cable and have them install a line to the Pentagon? are they letting random contractors with a hard hat and a clipboard run wires straight into the pentagon?
it seems physically impossible to me….
pics or it didnt happen
- starlink in the window maybe?
  
  Best guess
  
  Definitely
  
  https://fedscoop.com/house-oversight-democrats-white-house-starlink-installation/
  Not the first spot they've used muskrat's ISP to avoid security.
  
  pretty sure the pentagon has fancy radio equipment….
  some dumb shit could’ve happened, as is the american way… i just find it pretty far fetched
- The dude is the Secretary of Defense. If he tells the people that work at the Pentagon to set up a line, what do you think they'd do? Refuse to follow orders? If they do that, then they're fired.
  So they set up the line... then leak it to the press.
  
  possibly, but i remain skeptical….
  for example, it’s probably illegal for them to do that, with ton of rules preventing that….
  just seems far fetched, unlike him texting war plans….
  could very well be a red herring… like a deliberate, easily disproven, fake leak to take away from what he actually did….
  mayhaps… i don’t know.
  the signal text is more likely and he included a journalist so it’s corroborated….
- Maybe he just brought a mobile Hotspot Into the Office. I Imagine, that there is still a mobile Phone Connection possible from within the Pentagon, No? The only Thing that stops you from using is the Phonehardware Provider by Pentagon, which can Not connect to insecure mobile Phone towers?
  
  bringing a phone hotspot is not the same thing as wiring in an insecure network connection… and i would assume the pentagon would jam cell phones but im not working for… whoever is supposed to be securing that place…

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