EXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policy [View all]
Source: F. P. Wellman On Substack
A high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month
Ignoring their own protocols
A high level information security source inside the Department of Defense has informed me that a month ago they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders.
This story likely confirms that Signal is a primary means of communications for Trump Administration senior leaders in direct violation of the Presidential Records Act, the Espionage Act, and numerous national security regulations. It appears that much of our national security communications are vulnerable to foreign intelligence agencies to access at the highest levels of our government.
With the explosive news that senior Trump Administration officials had used a Signal chat group that included Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to plan attacks on Yemen questions have been raised about how prevalent the use of the off the shelf civilian app is being used. I can confirm that it has become a primary means of communication.
Read more: https://fpwellman.substack.com/p/exclusive-dod-has-deployed-signal
[link: is now reporting on it as well...]
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