Third Pentagon Staffer Accused Of Leaking DOD Info

The Hill reports:

Suspensions at the Defense Department have continued, with a third top Pentagon official being placed on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the department.

Colin Carroll, chief of staff to deputy secretary of Defense Steve A. Feinberg, was placed on administrative leave on Wednesday, a U.S. defense official told The Hill. The department did not have any more information to share.

Carroll’s suspension came just a day after two of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s advisers were suspended and escorted out of the Pentagon.

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A third top Pentagon official, Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the deputy secretary of defense, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, sources tell @jaketapper @halbritz and me

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