One of the top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after he was reportedly identified as a leaker in an investigation.
The news was first reported by Reuters but confirmed to Breitbart News by two officials. One official said Caldwell was placed on leave for “an unauthorized disclosure” and that he was leaking information to “far-left reporters to hurt the secretary.”
It is not known yet what the unauthorized disclosure was, but the Pentagon has been beset by a string of leaks in recent weeks, prompting Pentagon Chief of Staff Joe Kasper to order an investigation.
That order came after the New York Times reported that Elon Musk was planning to visit the Pentagon to be briefed on “war plans” in the Tank — a secure conference room at the Pentagon where top defense and military leaders gather to discuss the department’s most pressing issues.
While Musk did visit the Pentagon, the meeting took place in Hegseth’s office — not the Tank — and China was not discussed.
However, even before that, there were leaks of classified information that was only known at the highest levels at the Pentagon.
Caldwell was one of Hegseth’s most trusted advisers. In a Signal group chat National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had set up to discuss strikes against the Houthis, Hegseth had given Caldwell’s name as his point of contact for coordination.
Caldwell worked with Hegseth at Concerned Veterans for America, first as policy director and then as executive director.
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