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Because it was ILLEGAL to use for official comms, not because it was insecure... It's illegal because it makes the mandatory record keeping impossible. Because it works so well.
But also because it is wrong to use a general purpose messaging app for sharing war plans. You want an environment where you can not easily pick the wrong person or chat. Where only officials are even possible to interact with.
On an app like signal you can invite the wrong person by accident (as happend) or you could accidentally pic the wrong chat and post into your family or friend chat. That should not be possible for official business of this kind.
Still, absolutely no fault of signal. Great app. Use it. Just not for official super secret government business.