One of the top aides to Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the DOD.
Dan Caldwell was placed on administrative leave for “an unauthorized disclosure,” a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters.
“The investigation remains ongoing,” the official said without providing details about whether the alleged disclosure was to a journalist or to someone else.

BREAKING: Pentagon Adviser Dan Caldwell has been escorted from the Pentagon after being identified as one of the leakers.
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“Caldwell’s removal comes less than a month after Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, ordered t …