Three Pentagon officials were fired on Friday, reports Politico, a US-based publication, citing three anonymous sources. The three people whose services were terminated include Senior advisor Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick (the deputy chief of staff under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth), and Colin Carroll, who is the chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg.The developments at America’s defense headquarters come amidst a probe into two serious lapses. One of them was the sharing of sensitive information
in the group chat (where the officials inadvertently added a journalist) on the Signal app.
The other was the leak to the New York Times where unnamed officials revealed details of
Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon where the billionaire was briefed about the US’ planning for any potential war with China. Both US President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had dismissed the report.
“There is a complete meltdown in the building, and this is really reflecting on the secretary’s leadership,” said a senior defense official told Politico. Two of the three people fired today plan to sue the US government for wrongful termination, the report added.
(Edited by : Sriram Iyer)
