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nitpicked

(1,098 posts)
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:44 AM Yesterday

Hegseth had Signal app reportedly installed on office computer - because of spotty cell phone service in the Pentagon

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hegseth-had-signal-app-reportedly-installed-on-office-computer-because-of-spotty-cell-phone-service-in-the-pentagon/ar-AA1DxtPm?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d69cd501a8bc465b83d9135ddd9c3640&ei=12

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the Signal app installed on an office computer because he couldn’t get cell phone service in the Pentagon, according to a report.

Hegseth directed the installation of the encrypted app on a desktop Pentagon computer as a “work-around that enabled him to use Signal in a classified space,” the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The embattled former Fox News host discussed with aides how the app could enable them to coordinate more quickly with White House officials because of the Pentagon’s lack of cell phone service, according to the Post.

It is the latest in the Signalgate saga involving Hegseth’s use of the app to discuss military plans, which he has repeatedly claimed were not classified.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell denied the Post’s reporting in a statement to The Independent.
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Hegseth had Signal app reportedly installed on office computer - because of spotty cell phone service in the Pentagon (Original Post) nitpicked Yesterday OP
Somehow, I don't believe if he were using his GOVT ISSUED PHONE, coverage would be a problem. SheltieLover Yesterday #1
Yep, and I suspect if the idiot can have a make-up room installed, he can have... brush Yesterday #4
Yup. SheltieLover Yesterday #6
Aside from the fact that he should not have been using Signal in the first place . . . John1956PA Yesterday #2
Maybe cell service (or lack thereof) in the pentagon was for a good reason UpInArms Yesterday #3
Sounds like a "reason" attempting to exculpate him. UTUSN Yesterday #5

SheltieLover

(66,822 posts)
1. Somehow, I don't believe if he were using his GOVT ISSUED PHONE, coverage would be a problem.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:46 AM
Yesterday

brush

(59,625 posts)
4. Yep, and I suspect if the idiot can have a make-up room installed, he can have...
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:21 PM
Yesterday

a scif intalled next to his office IN THE PENTAGON instead of a signal apt of questionable security on his cellphone.

Not just a drunk and alleged rapist, but also vain, as attested to by the silver dye streak in hia hair.

John1956PA

(3,970 posts)
2. Aside from the fact that he should not have been using Signal in the first place . . .
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:55 AM
Yesterday

. . . he was still using Signal on his phone whenever he was in a coverage area. He does not possess the composure, tempernent, and attention span to stay seated for more than a few minutes on a work detail in front of a desktop computer.

UpInArms

(52,652 posts)
3. Maybe cell service (or lack thereof) in the pentagon was for a good reason
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 11:58 AM
Yesterday

What a stupid jerkoff

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