US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth used a commercial internet line—known in IT terms as a “dirty line”—installed in his Pentagon office to bypass standard defence department security systems and access encrypted messaging platforms like Signal from a personal computer, source told news agency Associated Press.The “dirty line” was specifically used to access websites and […]
DUBAI/PARIS: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Thursday he was ready to travel to Europe for talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme, with France indicating European powers were also ready for dialogue if Tehran showed it was seriously engaged.Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the US that resume in Oman […]
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.Hegseth’s move facilitated easier communications in a […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference in Panama City, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) “Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” President Trump quipped this Easter Monday, defending his embattled Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. But behind the bravado and bunny suits on the White House lawn, top officials are […]
A nonprofit watchdog group, American Oversight, expanded a lawsuit on Monday aimed at several senior national security officials in the Trump administration, requesting a federal judge to mandate the preservation of all messages sent via the encrypted communications app Signal. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Washington, DC, and focuses on messages […]
The South Lawn of the White House was a hubbub of activity on Monday morning as a crowd of revelers dressed in spring colors gathered for the annual Easter egg roll. A brown-eared Easter Bunny greeted the crowd, the first lady read a children’s story — and the president and his defense secretary lashed out […]
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic (Pic credit: AP) A simple phone contact error by US national security adviser Mike Waltz led to a journalist being accidentally added to a private Signal group chat discussing potential US military strikes in Yemen, according to people familiar with the matter.The group chat, created last month […]
Hilary Clinton bashes Donald Trump Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued a sharp critique of the Trump administration’s handling of national security, with reference to Yemen war chat leaks involving the chief editor of the Atlantic, in an opinion piece published by The New York Times.Clinton specifically condemns the reported use of […]
Mike Waltz claimed he didn’t know Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg who wrote an expose on how he was mistakenly added to a Sigal chat group where the officials of the Trump administration discussed the Yemen war plan Sunday said it’s untrue that he and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz never spoke before. […]
File photo of senator Mark Warner (Pic credit: AP) Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., has raised concerns over a reported leak of sensitive discussions among top US President Donald Trump‘s national security officials regarding plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, warning that such disclosures could have endangered American lives.Speaking on ABC News’ “This Week” on […]
