An investigation in the Department of Defense was launched in March related to “unauthorized disclosures.”
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Dan Caldwell, a key adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was reportedly placed on administrative leave after the department launched an ongoing investigation into “unauthorized disclosures in late March, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.Key Facts
Caldwell was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday and was placed on administrative leave for “an unauthorized disclosure,” an unidentified official told Reuters, which first reported the news about Caldwell.
It’s not clear what leak Caldwell was placed on leave in relation to, but Hegseth’s chief of staff Joe Kasper ordered “an investigation into unauthorized disclosures” in the department on March 21.
In the memo requesting the investigation, Kasper said it would begin immediately and end with a report to Hegseth on recommendations to prevent more unauthorized disclosures.
If the investigation found “a party responsible for an unauthorized disclosure,” Kasper was to be informed and the information was to “be referred to the appropriate criminal law enforcement entity for criminal prosecution,” the memo said.
