Watchdog wants defense CIO to supply evidence of improvements in ‘Signalgate’ aftermath

Since the Trump administration’s Signalgate affair surfaced in March, the Pentagon’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has been working on modern instant-messaging options for personnel to securely communicate at various classification levels in compliance with U.S. policies and the law.

But public details on those efforts are sparse — and challenges remain, according to a top defense watchdog.

The Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General published two highly-anticipated reports on Thursday associated with the Signalgate incident, which involved top national security leaders discussing sensitive strike plans targeting the Yemen-based Houthis, in a group chat with a reporter on Signal, the encrypted but unclassified mobile app.

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