Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe: Report
- Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and was escorted out of the Pentagon due to an investigation into unauthorized disclosure of information, according to two defense officials.
- The leave is connected to leaks of national security information being investigated, and criminal prosecution could occur.
- Caldwell worked closely with Hegseth and has ties to him dating back to Hegseth's time at Concerned Veterans for America, where Caldwell served since 2013.
- Joe Kasper, Hegseth's chief of staff, stated that the Pentagon is investigating unauthorized disclosures involving national security information and the use of polygraphs may occur.
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The Pentagon has allegedly placed Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense. The DoD announced in late March that it would be beginning a probe into “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information.” “This investigation will commence immediately and culminate in a report to the Secretary of Defense,” wrote Joe Kasper, the chief of…
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