HOW US DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH CIRCUMVENTS THE OFFICIAL DOD COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

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This post walks through the various communications equipment that has been available to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth since the Obama administration. Hegseth initially would shift his chair to the back of his office to get a better Wi-Fi signal to use the Signal app but later requested a direct line to the public internet be run to a personal computer at his desk with Signal and another app for sending text messages installed. Hegseth also has access to SecDef Cables, which is a communications center dedicated to the office of the Secretary of Defense.