The Latest Breaking News from Dan Caldwell

‘A lot of people [are] trying to assert dominance in an area where it’s very hard to do without cutting somebody else’

The leaking has turned into a flood

Signal messaging chat reportedly included Hegseth’s wife and brother

Reports come after defence chief attracted scrutiny last month over discussions of military plans in another group chat.

The trio say they are ‘incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our service at the Department of Defense ended’

Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks

The investigation reportedly involves several serious leaks, including military operational plans for the Panama Canal, the deployment of a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Red Sea, a controversial visit by Elon Musk to the Pentagon, and the temporary halt of intelligence collection for Ukraine.

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U.S. Defense Secretary named Dan Caldwell as his chief point of contact in the now-infamous Signal group chat inadvertently leaked last month