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Top Hegseth Advisor Escorted
Out of Pentagon For Leaking – Dan Caldwell
Was Also Part of the Mike Waltz Houthi
Chat Group

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Posted By: sunset, 4/15/2025 10:21:07 PM

An advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was put on leave for leaking. Dan Caldwell was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday for “an unauthorized disclosure,” according to Reuters. Details of the unauthorized disclosure are unclear. According to Reuters, this comes after a March 21 memo ordering a Pentagon investigation into leaks ordered by Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff. Dan Caldwell was also part of the Mike Waltz Houthi Signal chat group.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 4/15/2025 10:36:09 PM (No. 1933312)
So Dan Caldwell is a left-over from the previous administration?? If so that explains a lot. Looks like Hegseth has some major house cleaning to do.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Birddog 4/16/2025 12:52:43 AM (No. 1933352)
Caldwell served in the Marines until 2009, worked for Rep Schweikirk of AZ until 2013, then from 2013-2020 worked at "Concerned Veterans for America", eventually as Director.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 4/16/2025 5:34:28 AM (No. 1933385)
Deep State at work? Sounds like a pattern of behavior has been uncovered. I was willing to think the Houthi call mix up was an Oops but maybe not. It will be interesting to watch.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 4/16/2025 5:55:39 AM (No. 1933389)
Looks like the chickens are coming home to roost. Caldwell is in some serious trouble. Hegseth had better have a real close look for more bad apples on his team.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Rinktum 4/16/2025 5:58:26 AM (No. 1933392)
How would you like to work an environment where you could trust very few people? That is the state of our government today. Maybe we should rethink the policy of keeping hold overs. Why can’t people just work for the good of the country? Why do they have to come in with the mindset of making as much mischief as possible? Washington really is a cesspool and cleaning it out is going to take a gargantuan effort. However, that being said, it is something that must be done. We must restore integrity to our government.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Venturer 4/16/2025 6:49:50 AM (No. 1933407)
Reuters was probably the recipient of the leaks.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Strike3 4/16/2025 7:00:25 AM (No. 1933416)
It makes some people feel important to be an inside source to the media. Personally I would find being called a "leaker" to be a bit demeaning.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 4/16/2025 7:02:33 AM (No. 1933419)
This IS how the deep state works. There are embeds everywhere.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: janjan 4/16/2025 9:05:12 AM (No. 1933481)
There will always be bad apples and untrustworthy people. Such is life. The problem is that the culture in DC on both sides of the aisle is to not pursue consequences. Without that, the law has no teeth. That’s why Hillary Clinton is free.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Zigrid 4/16/2025 10:46:09 AM (No. 1933583)
If...like poster #2 says he is a loyal man...then it should be easy to prove...Hegset is not careless when it comes to his fellow combatants...so I'm sure he will get fair treatment...if...however there is proof of some misdealing...then so be it....WE don't need leakers in this administration....like pencil neck from the last administration...who ran to the media as soon as he could...he betrayed US many times to the fake news ...who were paid by enemies of our country....
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Reply 11 - Posted by: danu 4/16/2025 2:16:46 PM (No. 1933726)
this man looks like a pal from his days at concerned vets. let's find out when he turned on hegseth. and how is it he became an obummeroid??
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 4/16/2025 3:51:34 PM (No. 1933811)
Most of the leakers I ever knew were in kindergarten. They always cried when the teacher made them clean up after themselves. I guess now they get jobs at the Pentagon.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: NeonVortex 4/16/2025 8:38:21 PM (No. 1934028)
The lede is so poorly written. Fixing it: Dan Caldwell, an advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was placed on leave and escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday following an alleged unauthorized disclosure, Reuters reported. The nature of the leak has not been disclosed. The incident comes in the wake of a March 21 directive from Hegseth’s chief of staff calling for a Pentagon-wide investigation into leaks. Caldwell is also known to have participated in the Mike Waltz Houthi Signal chat group.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: HisHandmaiden 4/16/2025 9:51:14 PM (No. 1934056)
Yes, #13, guess a GP editor forgot the KISS Principle! Or went to too many woke journalism classes?!
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