Report Hegseth shared attack plans in 2nd Signal chat sparks critics' fury

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In a March memo, Joe Kasper, Hegseth's chief of staff, mentioned the investigation into the leaks: "Recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications with principals within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) demand immediate and thorough investigation.
51% : Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense via email for comment on Sunday.
50% : According to Politico, citing a defense official, the investigation is focused on leaks pertaining to military plans for a second aircraft carrier headed to the Red Sea, the Panama Canal, pausing intelligence collection to Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia and a visit to the Pentagon from billionaire Elon Musk who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
47% : His personal phone assuredly targeted by foreign adversaries.
39% : Details of U.S. military operations are not supposed to be conducted over publicly available platforms such as Signal, and a number of security experts have said the chat group could have violated the Espionage Act.
35% : Officials on the chat group faced bipartisan criticism including a lawsuit from nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight, which alleged breaches of the Federal Records Act and the Administrative Procedure Act by conducting government business on a platform which erases communications.

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