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据《华尔街日报》最新报道,美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯的妻子参加了两次与外国国防官员的会议,会议期间讨论了敏感信息。
《华尔街日报》关于赫格塞斯的报道于周五晚些时候发布,当时他因在 Signal 群聊中详述军事打击计划而面临审查,这一消息由一名加入该群聊的《大西洋月刊》记者公开。多名民主党人要求他辞职,而一个由两党参议员组成的小组致信国防部,呼吁对该群聊进行调查。
据《华尔街日报》报道,赫格塞斯的妻子詹妮弗·赫格塞斯参加了两次讨论敏感信息的会议,并援引多名出席会议或知晓她出席会议人的话。
据报道,第一次会议是五角大楼与英国高级军事官员(包括英国国防部长约翰·希利)进行的一次高层讨论,讨论于 3 月初举行,即美国宣布将停止与乌克兰分享军事情报的第二天。
第二次会谈于 2 月中旬在布鲁塞尔北约总部举行,当时正值乌克兰国防联络小组会议。该小组是一个由约 50 个国家组成的论坛,旨在帮助协调对乌克兰的军事支持,以抵御俄罗斯于 2022 年发动的入侵。
国防部长有权邀请任何人参加与外国同行的会议,但《华尔街日报》援引官员的话称,参加此类会议的人通常拥有高级安全许可。虽然国防官员的配偶有时获得低级安全许可,但目前尚不清楚赫格塞斯的妻子是否有任何许可。
The wife of the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, attended two meetings with foreign defense officials during which sensitive information was discussed, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal’s report on Hegseth arrived late on Friday as he faced scrutiny for detailing plans of a military strike in a group chat on Signal, made public by a journalist at the Atlantic who was added to the chat. Multiple Democrats have called for his resignation while a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the defense department calling for an inquiry into the group chat.
Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Hegseth, has been present at two meetings where sensitive information was discussed, according to the Journal, citing multiple people who were present at the meetings or have knowledge of her presence at them.
The first meeting reportedly was a high-level discussion at the Pentagon with top UK military officials, including the UK secretary of defense, John Healey, that took place in early March, a day after the US announced it would stop sharing military intelligence with Ukraine.
The second reportedly took place in Brussels in mid-February at Nato headquarters during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a forum of about 50 nations meant to help coordinate military support for Ukraine as it tries to fight off the invasion Russia launched in 2022.
A defense secretary has the discretion to invite anyone to meetings with foreign counterparts, but officials cited by the Journal said that those attending these types of meetings usually have high-level security clearances. While the spouses of defense officials sometimes receive low-level security clearances, it is unclear whether Hegseth’s wife has any clearance.