Overview
- The Washington Post, citing more than a dozen sources, reported that Army CID has reassigned hundreds of agents from criminal cases to protect Pete Hegseth’s family and residences in Washington, D.C., Minnesota and Tennessee.
- The report described a multimillion-dollar operation and relayed estimates that protective staffing rose from roughly 150 agents historically to 400 to 500 since January.
- Army CID said it operates within resource constraints, stated that Hegseth did not request the expanded coverage, and emphasized that it adjusts posture in response to threats.
- The Post said it withheld sensitive specifics such as exact team sizes and assignments, while Pentagon spokespeople accused the coverage of endangering lives and labeled it doxxing.
- Defense officials including Joel Valdez and Sean Parnell called for punishment or probes of the reporters and leakers, and a Republican lawmaker publicly urged an FBI investigation.