🔥 Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat | AutoNews Insight

Published on April 21, 2025

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat. Some of those people said that the information Mr. Hegseth shared on the Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen — essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separate Signal chat the same day that mistakenly included the editor of The Atlantic. Mr. Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, is not a Defense Department employee, but she has traveled with him overseas and drawn criticism for accompanying her husband to sensitive meetings with foreign leaders. Mr. Hegseth’s brother Phil and Tim Parlatore, who continues to serve as his personal lawyer, both have jobs in the Pentagon, but it is not clear why either would need to know about upcoming military strikes aimed a week from now. Mr. Parlatore was not available for comment Monday, according to several people familiar with the matter. The Defense Department routinely shares targeting information with foreign governments, but has made clear that it does not share specific targets on specific aircraft. Officials declined to discuss specific operational details, saying that that's part of the military's continuing review of the air campaign. Advertisement Continue reading the main story On Tuesday, t the Houthis in Yemen. The group has lost control of Sanaa since a government offensive on May 3, and the war has displaced millions, leaving over 600,000 civilians without clean water, medicine or basic necessities. It is also waging a proxy war with forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the north and Saudi Arabia in the south, while continuing to target the military and economy in the south. In October, Houthi forces seized the southern coastal city of Hudaydah, and the army and government troops backed by Iranian Revolutionary Guards fought with fierce intensity to recapture it. Then, on December 9, the group took control of the northern port city of Aden. Meanwhile, the Houthis and allied forces also captured the port city of Hudaydah, which they had held in the south since May. More fighting has taken place on the ground, with the army shelling Houthi-held areas in the Red Sea province and Houthi-held areas in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen's third-largest port. Houthi troops have been pushing their forces out of the northern city of Saada, while Houthi-held areas around Aden and other southern ports continue to fall to the rebels. Yemen's current conflict has killed more than 12,000 people since March 2014, according to the United Nations. Human Rights Watch, however, estimated that 6,000 civilians have been killed.

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