Third Pentagon appointee placed on administrative leave

Trump's crackdown on Pentagon leaks continues, Colin Carroll third top official sent on leave

The leaks currently being investigated involve sensitive matters such as military strategies concerning the Panama Canal, the deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s contentious meeting at the Pentagon regarding China, and a temporary halt in intelligence gathering related to Ukraine

Third senior Pentagon official suspended as leak investigation widens

The Pentagon has placed a third senior official on administrative leave as part of an expanding internal investigation into leaks of sensitive national security information, according to Politico. Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended just one day after two other political appointees—Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick—were removed from the building and had their access suspended pending further rev…

Def Sec Pete Hegseth Places Third Top Staffer on Leave as Part of Leak Probe

A third senior Pentagon staffer has been placed on leave amid a widening investigation into national security leaks. The Department of Defense is now using polygraphs to identify the source. Key Facts: Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was placed on leave Wednesday. Two other officials, Dan Caldwell and Darin Selnick, were also suspended earlier this week. The investigation focuses on recent leaks involving the…

A Third Top Pentagon Official Escorted Out of the Building

A third top Pentagon official, Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was placed on leave pending an investigation. Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Secretary Hegseth and the Pentagon deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick, were also placed on leave over leaks. Carroll was escorted out of the building […] The post A Third Top Pentagon Official Escorted Out of the Building appeared first on www.independentse…

Third senior Pentagon official suspended amid leak probe

A third high-level official at the Pentagon has been temporarily suspended from their job as part of a growing investigation into the unauthorized sharing of classified national security information. Colin Carroll, who serves as the chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was removed from the building on Wednesday. As reported by The Hill, this follows the earlier suspensions of two other senior aides working for Defense Sec…

Third Top Pentagon Staffer Suspended in Expanding Leak Probe Fallout

A drumbeat of suspensions of top Pentagon officials continued into a second day on Wednesday with a defense official confirming that Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary, was suspended.