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'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach

President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on March 21. Days earlier, Hegseth shared details about overseas war plans in a group chat on Signal, an encrypted, open-source messaging app, according to <!-- raw HTML omitted -->The Atlantic<!-- raw HTML omitted -->.

The breach left military and intelligence experts asking the same questions as the public: Why would top U.S. officials use a free messaging app to discuss classified military plans?

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