Overview

• Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was escorted from the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave for an 'unauthorized disclosure.'
• The investigation, initiated by a March 21 memo from Hegseth's chief of staff Joe Kasper, aims to identify the source of leaks involving sensitive military communications.
• Two additional officials, Darin Selnick, Hegseth's deputy chief of staff, and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the Deputy Defense Secretary, have also been placed on leave.
• The leaks under scrutiny reportedly include operational details on the Panama Canal, military movements, and a Signal chat involving plans for strikes in Yemen.
• The investigation is ongoing, with potential polygraph tests being considered to identify those responsible for the breaches.