3rd Pentagon official placed on administrative leave: Sources

A third top official at the Pentagon has been placed on administrative leave, two U.S. officials told ABC News on Wednesday.

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[AA-kecu]

The good people of the pentagon must expose the bad people of the pentagon.

[ThatTexasGirl]

I could be wrong, but I feel like these guys took the fall for other people.

[VirginiaVercruysse]

Not everyone is going to close a blind eye to these crooks!

[Giggletv]

Three officials suspended over leaks — are we looking at internal betrayal or just political scapegoats?

[guanhillsman]

Wat about the unsecured devic3s/apps compromising national security

[kevinjenner]

CBS 3/25/25 “NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat”…Ignored by ..Secretary of Defense…Director of National Intelligence…CIA Director…National Security Adviser to the President.

[terany.geiger]

Good thing they aren't punishing any of the offenders from the actual text 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[eb]

Leaks of corruption. Keep the information coming!

[deirdre]

How ridiculous these guys are suspended but Hegseth and the signal app group can leak on public platforms actual live strikes and nothing happens to them!?! Really????

[douglemay]

Put on leave were: Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, and Johnnie Walker.

[TeriJones-eo]

Looks like retaliation to me. Do I see a future lawsuit unfolding?

[eeg]

Actual patriots trying to protect our country.

[beforusnow]

Right, remove staff for leaks but when Hegseth blurts out attack plans on a public app, well, that is just fine

[wnow]

Taking one for the team. Sad. We know who should step down... signalgate

[RevDrKNA-qwyp]

Given the fact that there is $1.9 trillion in assets that cannot be accounted for, tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of these Pentagon clowns should be let go

[videorprologic]

Ha, what could they have possibly done that is worse than texting F18 strike information in real time to a reporter...

[noco]

Pete hegseth should be on leave too for signalgate

[ryanevans]

Trump on the verge of announcing XAI318K reserve before BTC or Ethereum

[fayethaxton]

An alcoholic's fall-back position: blame someone else!

[evilfingersNo]

And yet, none of them is DUI Hegseth.