Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe: Report
- A top advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Dan Caldwell, was placed on administrative leave amid a Pentagon leak investigation, according to a Defense Department official.
- Caldwell's leave was due to an unauthorized disclosure of information that is part of an ongoing investigation.
- The official stated that the decision to place Caldwell on leave had not been previously reported.
- Caldwell's significance was highlighted in a leaked text chain on Signal that was revealed by The Atlantic magazine last month.

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Top Story With Tom Llamas discusses the Pentagon leak probe and administrative leave of adviser Dan Caldwell.



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Three Top Pentagon Aides Were Suspended. What’s the Real Story?
Dan Caldwell is not a name many Americans know. But inside Washington’s national security circles, he was a man on the rise. That is, until he was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday and placed on administrative leave. Caldwell is one of three Defense Department officials who have been ensnared in a leak probe that began last month.Caldwell was a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a close personal friend who he first met when bo…
What’s going on in the Pentagon?
In the past two days, three senior Defense Department officials have been suspended and one has resigned. Their departures are apparently connected to an internal investigation into “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information.” On Tuesday, Dan Caldwell, who has been working closely with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, the Defense Department’s deputy chief of staff, were escorted from their office by guard…
JUST IN: Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Punishes Suspected 'Leakers'
A top advisor to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been placed on leave as part of a sprawling investigation into leaks within the Pentagon. Dan Caldwell, one of Hegseth’s leading advisors, was summarily shown the door by security on Wednesday, one official confirmed. For the meantime, he has been officially placed on paid “administrative leave” for an “unauthorized disclosure.” “The investigation remains ongoing,” the official, who reques…
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In his Secure Freedom Minute for Wednesday, April 16 CHQ Contributor Frank Gaffney broke the story that two senior advisors to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were physically escorted from the Pentagon and put on administrative leave, reportedly in connection with an investigation of leaks of sensitive national security information. Both are among a small number of individuals who previously worked for organizations funded by an anti-Trump libert…
Pentagon Suspends Three Officials in Leaking Investigation
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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