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2 Pentagon officials fired amid sweeping leak investigation
The week of turmoil affecting the Pentagon's inner circle continued Friday, when two political appointees suspended earlier this week were terminated, multiple officials told CBS News. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's chief of staff,
Pentagon senior adviser Dan Caldwell ousted during investigation into leaks
Defense officials say Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and was escorted out of the Pentagon by security.
Top Pentagon Advisers Placed on Leave in Leak Investigation
Two aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday, and the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary was removed on Wednesday.
'Unconscionable': Three former Pentagon officials say they don't know why they were fired
The ousted advisers, in their first public comments, praised the administration but made no mention of their former boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Ousted Pentagon Officials Question Leak Investigation Claims
"Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door." Caldwell and the others added: "We still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for,
Fired Pentagon officials lash out at Hegseth team
Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll and Darin Selnick, who all were suspended before their terminations, said in a joint statement that attacks on them are “baseless.”
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Pentagon vows investigation into leaks, including polygraph tests
may be subjected to polygraph tests in a new investigation into alleged leaks at the Pentagon. Kasper mentioned “recent unauthorized disclosures” of sensitive information but stopped short of ...
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Who’s Leaking at the Pentagon?
The Pentagon has a leak problem, and Defense Department figures are not shying away from accusing those they believe to be ...
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Pentagon announces investigation into leaks, which could include polygraph tests
The Pentagon said it would investigate what it claims are leaks of national security ... The Justice Department also announced an investigation on Friday into what it purported to be "the ...
Under fire, Pete Hegseth lashes out on Fox News, vows to jail former aides after leak exposes family ties in covert war group chat leak
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire following a leak exposing his use of a private Signal chat for discussing ...
Pentagon says leak probe may lead to U.S. prosecutions
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Tuesday of possible prosecutions of former senior advisors who were fired ...
Hegseth aides removed in leaking investigation say Pentagon 'slandered' their characters
Hegseth aides Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll were removed from the Pentagon in April as part of an investigation into leaks of sensitive military information.
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2 Pentagon officials, including a Hegseth senior adviser, placed on administrative leave in DOD leak probe
Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave for an ...
Pentagon's week of power struggles: leak fallout and shouting matches hit Hegseth's inner circle
Multiple defense officials describe a bitter internal feud behind the sudden ouster of three aides to Defense Secretary Pete ...