When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to access Signal from the Pentagon despite restrictions preventing it, he knew just who to ask: Col. Ricky Buria, a close military aide.
Buria, a junior military assistant, has quickly become a key member of Hegseth’s inner circle as the defense secretary faces controversies surrounding his misuse of the messaging app and the terminations of top Pentagon officials.
CNN reported that it was Buria who asked the Defense Department’s chief information officer whether Hegseth could be exempted from a policy outlined in a 2023 memo that states apps like Signal are “NOT authorized to access, transmit, process non-public DoD information.”
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