Hegseth said he shared attack details in the second cat in the signal

The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, shared detailed information on the upcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private signal group which included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer, according to four people knowing the cat.

Some of these people said that the information that Mr. Hegseth had shared on the reporting cat included the flight schedules for the Hornets F / A -18 targeting the Houthis in Yemen – essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separated cat separated the same day which wrongly included the editor of the Atlantic.

The wife of Mr. Hegseth, Jennifer, a former producer of Fox News, is not an employee of the Ministry of Defense, but she traveled with him abroad and aroused criticism for having accompanied her husband to sensitive meetings with foreign leaders.

Mr. Hegseth’s brother, Phil and Tim Parlatore, who continues to serve as a personal lawyer, both have jobs in the Pentagon, but it is not clear why one or the other should know about the upcoming military strikes intended for the Houthis in Yemen.

The previously unsuccessful existence of a second signal cat in which Mr. Hegseth shared very sensitive military information is the last in a series of developments that have put his management and his judgment under surveillance.

Unlike the cat in which the Atlantic was wrongly included, the newly revealed was created by Mr. Hegseth. This included his wife and a dozen other people from his personal and professional interior circle in January, before his confirmation as a defense secretary, and was named “Defense | Buddle team, ”said people familiar with the cat. He used his private phone, rather than his government, to access the reported cat.