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Defence Secretary Hegseth, bedevilled by leaks, orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (Image credit: AP) Bedevilled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, Defence Secretary Pete Hegsethissued a series of restrictions on the press late Friday that include banning reporters from entering wide swaths of the Pentagon without a government escort – areas where the press has had access in past […]

Pentagon top official Colin Carroll third to be sent on leave amid probe into leaks

A third senior Pentagon official has been placed on administrative leave, amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the department. Colin Carroll is the chief of staff to US deputy secretary of defense Steve A Feinberg. The others are Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to defense secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s chief […]

Probe into US defence leaks unlikely despite history of similar inquiries

Washington: FBI director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn’t spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the premier law enforcement agency would investigate.Patel made no such commitments during the course of two days […]