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The IT servicing model - where the digital escorts serve as a go-between connecting foreign engineers' tech fixes to the systems that need patching - could open some of the most sensitive U.S. national security and military secrets to China, according to the report.

"Your weekly emails have served as a reminder of the depth and breadth of the Department's mission, and of how it takes a workforce of many talents to achieve our national security mission."

"While the Department remains committed to transparency, the Department is equally obligated to protect CSNI (classified intelligence) and sensitive information the unauthorized disclosure of which could put the lives of US Service members in danger."

The Pentagon Inspector General's inquiry into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now includes an investigation into a second chat and the unauthorized transfer of classified information.

"When senior leadership disregards OPSEC and security protocols without consequences, it undermines the work we do to enforce these standards."

"We honestly get way more done at home than at the office, but those are facts and no one seems to want to know facts anymore," a Defense Department employee said.

Pete Hegseth faced a challenging Senate hearing, criticized by Democrats as unqualified for managing the Defense Department, yet appears to have enough Republican support for confirmation.

The recent surge of drone sightings across the U.S. mirrors past UFO phenomena, marking a transition in public perception and identification of aerial anomalies.