Caldwell’s removal comes less than a month after Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, ordered the director for defense intelligence (counterintelligence, law enforcement, and security) to assist in a probe into “unauthorized disclosures of sensitive and classified information across the Department of Defense.” A report including a “complete record of unauthorized disclosures within the Department of Defense and recommendations to improve such efforts” is expected to be delivered to Hegseth at the end of the investigation. His ouster is unrelated to a slew of high profile firings at the Pentagon under Hegseth, the outlet reported, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top admiral in the Navy, the head of US Cyber Command and top US military lawyers.
Author: Victor Nava
Published at: 2025-04-15 21:46:10
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