Washington (AP) – Three former senior advisers from the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, criticized on Saturday what they called “baseless attacks” after everyone was escorted from the pentagon in an expansion Information leaks probe.
Dan CaldwellHegseth aid; Colin Carroll, chief of staff of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg; And Darin Selnick, the assistant chief of chief of HegSeth was part Four managers of the inner hegseth circle who have been ousted Last week.
While the three had initially been put on leave while waiting for the investigation, a Common declaration shared by Caldwell On X, the three were “incredibly disappointed with the way in which our service at the Ministry of Defense ended.
“Right now, we have still not been told exactly for which we have been investigated, if there is always an active investigation, or if there was even a real investigation into” leaks “to start,” said the position.
Former Pentagon spokesperson John Ulyot also announced that he is resigning this week. The Pentagon said, however, that Ulyot had been invited to resign.
The upheaval arrives less than 100 days in the Trump administration where the Pentagon frequently found itself in the epicenter of controversial movements – layoffs of military and civil executives with large edicts for Purge the content that favored diversity, equity or inclusion. This has led to images or other hero’s online content such as the aviators of Tuskegee and Jackie Robinson Be temporarily withdrawn from army websites, cause public outcry.
Last month, HegSeth announced that the intelligence and arms of the Pentagon police were investigating what he said National security information leaks Following information according to which Elon Musk was to receive a classified briefing on the potential war plans with China.
In the announcement by HegSeth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, the office warned that the staff of the Ministry of Defense could face polygraphs in the investigation.
Departures also follow the layoffs of higher military officers, in particular The joint president of the Chiefs Gen. CQ Brown; The head of naval operations Lisa Franchetti; National security agency and the American director of the cyber-command Tim Haugh; and vice adm. Shoshana ChatfieldThe US military representative of the NATO military committee.
