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Another one bites the dust!
From Politico: The Pentagon put a third top official on administrative leave Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging leak investigation, according to a defense official and a person familiar with the matter.
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended a day after two other political appointees were placed on leave following a probe into potential leaks of sensitive information.
The leaks under investigation include military operational plans for the Panama Canal, a second carrier headed to the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s controversial visit to the Pentagon to discuss China and a pause in the collection of intelligence for Ukraine, according to the official.
“We can confirm that Mr. Carroll has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation. We have nothing additional to provide at this time,” a defense official said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The Defense Department announced last month that it would launch an investigation into “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information” and might also use polygraph tests to determine who was responsible for the leaks.
🚨BREAKING: A third Pentagon official has been suspended:
“A third top Pentagon official has been placed on administrative leave as part of a wide-ranging leak investigation, according to defense officials. Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the deputy defense secretary Steve… pic.twitter.com/oa7VfJWznr
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) April 16, 2025
NEW: The Pentagon has put a *THIRD* top advisor to Pete Hegseth on leave as part of a leak probe.
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy SecDef Stephen Feinberg, was escorted out of the building on Wednesday.
Two Top Hegseth advisors also suspended.https://t.co/pa1xbBSIcn
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) April 16, 2025
BREAKING: Third top Pentagon aide Collin Carroll on administrative leave over leaks probe https://t.co/qggSFZlPka
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2025
🚨 In the last week 🚨
Colin Carroll, Darin Selnick, and Dan Caldwell; have all been ESCORTED out of the DOD due to leaking Confidential Information from the #Pentagon. Accountability REQUIRED‼️@DOGE @SecDef @ASDMandRA @DeptofDefense @TheJusticeDept @TheLeoTerrell @AGPamBondi… pic.twitter.com/Fr7Y6ckPWA
— 🇺🇸 Tim Krachenfels 🇺🇸 (@Dozen4Trump_DAD) April 16, 2025
Signal-Gate is looking more like it was a trap! Just like I said!
Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended a day after two other political appointees were placed on… pic.twitter.com/w7drLOZHyR
— Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) April 16, 2025
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