Third Pentagon employee receives time out of service

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in Washington, Colin Carroll, the head of the deputy Defense Minister Steve Feinberg, was set on an administrative vacation on Wednesday. This reports CNN and points out that Carroll is the third person this week who gets into such a Situation.

studies in the Pentagon

A source from the Ministry of Defense announced CNN that Carroll was escorted from the Pentagon. The reason for the latest investigations against Pentagon officials seems to be disagreed with the head of opinion with the chief of staff of Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, Joe Kasper. "This is a cleaning campaign against people who had disagreements with the pentagon's chief of staff," said the source.

background information on Colin Carroll

Carroll was sworn in in January. According to his LinkedIn profiles, he previously worked for the armaments company Anduril Industries and in the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center of the Department of Defense. His administrative vacation fell one day after the suspension of two other high -ranking political appointments from Hegseth: the senior consultant Dan Caldwell and the deputy chief of staff in Selnick. Caldwell is suspected of unauthorized to disclose information about what CNN already reported.

studies on unauthorized disclosures

Hegseth looked at the Salvadorian Defense Minister Rene Merino Monroy, but did not respond to questions about the consultants involved in the leak scandal. On March 21, Kasper has an investigation into unauthorized disclosures in a memo arranged by the use of polygraphent tests, and said that the investigation in a report to Hegseth might.

expectations of the investigation

"I expect to be informed immediately if this efforts result in information about a responsible party for unauthorized disclosure and that such information is referred to the responsible law enforcement authority," said Kasper.

criticism of Hegseth

The investigation is only carried out weeks after Hegseth for Military operations was criticized in a signal chat with other security officers, who accidentally included a reporter. The participants of the chat, including Hegseth and the security advisor Mike Waltz, tried to downplay the information that was shared. Defense officers informed CNN that the information that Hegseth shared were extremely confidential to ensure the safety of the soldiers involved.

precedent for military procedures

"It is certain that everyone who is in uniform would be placed before a military court," a defense officer previously told CNN. "We do not pass on such a level of information about unclassified systems in order to protect the life and safety of the soldiers who carry out these missions. If we did it, that would be completely irresponsible. Even my latest analysts know that they shouldn't do this."

This article and the heading have been updated with further developments.