Posted on 04/15/2025 2:50:14 PM PDT by hardspunned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
Caldwell was placed on administrative leave for "an unauthorized disclosure," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The decision has not been previously reported.
"The investigation remains ongoing," the official said without providing details about the nature of the alleged disclosure, including whether it was made to a journalist or to someone else.
President Donald Trump's administration has moved to aggressively pursue leaks, an effort that has been enthusiastically embraced by Hegseth at the Pentagon.
A March 21 memo signed by Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, requested an investigation into "recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications."
Kasper's memo left open the possibility of a polygraph, although it was unclear if Caldwell was subjected to one.
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Good.
Once Waltz is gone by 3rd day of recess, General Flynn can take Waltz’ place by recess appointment.
“I think the Iraq war was a monstrous crime,” Caldwell told the Financial Times in December 2024.
He was also a skeptic of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine and advocated for U.S. retrenchment from Europe.“
WTH? The guy was right regarding both of those points. I’m thinking the neocon moles might have set him up.
I’m withholding judgement until all the facts are in.
This is the second Dan Caldwell thread this afternoon, and all I see is a huge rush to judgement. Based on MSM stories?
All. Righty. Then.
Do you suppose a judge might rule that he must be reinstated?
I hope so.
“General Flynn can take Waltz’ place by recess appointment.”
Have you heard they are going into recess? In his last presidency, the Republicans stayed in session the entire 4 years precisely to prevent recess appointments. Mitch recessed for Obama, but not for his own party’s president.
Same here.
I agree. He might have been set up by neocons. He was also a skeptic of Israel and doesn’t think things with China need to escalate to a shooting war.
I would rather the neocons like Walz get the scrutiny.
Waltz is not a Senate comfirmed appointment.
The more I hear about this guy, the more I like him.
“He might have been set up...”
Good RC priests are experiencing this treatment. It’s demonic and is obviously happening in a wide variety of contexts/workplaces.
In the DC swamp everyone wants to be important and being in the know makes you “important”. Just like O’Keefe’s videos people open their big mouths trying to impress.
“...General Flynn can take Waltz’ place...”
MORE than a fair exchange.
Welp, we know the official speaking on condition of anonymity wasn't Caldwell.
The source is speaking on condition of anonymity, eh? Hegseth may not be done firing people.
Huh? Recess from what?
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