The leader of Fort McCoy base in Wisconsin was suspended after backlash for not displaying portraits of President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth.

Two people familiar with the case have told AP that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal mes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly used an unsecured internet line in his office to access Signal, an encrypted messaging app.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a “dirty line,” which refers to an unsecured internet connection, to connect to the Signal app on a personal computer in his office, multiple outlets reported. A Pentagon spokesperson denied that Hegseth used an unsecured connection in a statement to the Associated Press and added that the “use of communications