The Pentagon could hastily release erstwhile elder advisor Dan Caldwell, erstwhile Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick and erstwhile Chief of Staff Deputy Secretary of defence Stephen Feinberg Colin Carroll in connection with the scandal surrounding the leaked classified data earlier this year, as the agency cannot find fresh employees “ NBC tv channel reports, citing sources.
The channel recalls that all 3 officials were released in April due to the data leak scandal "while they were working at the Pentagon". As it reminds the channel, after the fresh York Times article about the fact that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth in March published data on upcoming hits on Yemen in a closed group chat in the Signal communicator, the department chief in an Fox News interview accused all 3 advisors of leaking classified data.
"After no evidence was found against erstwhile collaborators and it became increasingly clear that 3 men were not liable for the leaks, officials of the administration began to question whether their release was hasty," noted NBC 2 erstwhile officials and the current White home administration official.
Several unnamed officials stressed that the Pentagon Inspector General's study on Signal's communicator leak, which is likely to be completed within a fewer weeks, may conclude that Hegseth has made secret information available in Signal's chat room.
According to NBC, since April U.S. Vice president J.D. Vance and White home Chief of Staff Susan Wiles have been looking for a fresh chief of staff and respective elder officials who would "support Hegseth". As noted by 4 erstwhile and current administrative officials and an worker of the U.S. Congress, the department has not now found suitable candidates. Nameless defence officer and origin acquainted with the situation told the tv station that at least 3 people rejected possible positions “under Hegseth”.
The editor-in-chief of Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, said on March 24 that he received a request on the Signal communicator on March 11, and entered the interview area where American officials discussed attacks on the ruling Ansar Allah (Houthis) movement in northern Yemen. According to Goldberg, a group called the ‘Houthis PC tight group’ conducted a ‘fascinating political discussion’ with accounts under the names of U.S. Vice president JD Vance, US Secretary of defence Pete Hegseth, National safety Advisor Mike Waltz and another officials. Many of them confirmed they were on chat, but they claimed they did not exchange classified information in the communicator. Goldberg presented screenshots of correspondence in which the Pentagon's chief informed respective hours before the operation began about types of aircraft and targets that, according to the writer in the event of a leak, could endanger soldiers.
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