Irony Takes Another Blow As Hegseth Orders “Leaker” Escorted From Pentagon

If there’s an actual Hell I’m convinced Irony was consigned to it. I don’t know why it would have happened. Maybe an ‘administrative mistake’ like Abrego Garcia but even if God wants to say oops can we have irony back pretty please, Satan is saying ‘Nope, Irony is MINE. So Republicans can torture it!’  I say all that because SignalGate’s key player, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth who’s a known leaker of classified information put on a show today. He ordered an aid, one who worked for him as far back as one of those Veteran’s non-profits into the ground escorted out of the building. Apparently the guy was identified in probe into ‘leaks’ at the Pentagon.

Details are sketchy so far but Raw Story has a short article with what little we know:

Dan Caldwell was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday, a U.S. official told Reuters. He was placed on administrative leave due to an “unauthorized disclosure,” the official said.

Precious little detail was offered in the statement beyond that. I don’t know about you but if you’re going to make THAT big a show, to have a team escort the guy out of the building you’d think they’d offer up more than this weak-tea ‘Unauthorized Disclosure.’ Of what? Classified information. Policy discussions? Covering for their bosses drunken antics and trying to screw around on his wife during them?  Details man! We want DETAILS.

The short linked article tells us this much: Caldwell served in Iraq (Marines) and also worked at the Defense Priorities think tank. AND Concerned Veterans for America, an organization formerly led by Hegseth. He’s considered to be isolationist in his outlook. He also was a key adviser to Hegseth, particularly in matters related to Ukraine and as the Pentagon’s main contact for the National Security Council during preparations for military action against the Houthis in Yemen. In fact, Hegseth identified Caldwell as the main liaison for sensitive military plans in the leaked Signal group chat scandal.

Hey, someone was going to have to fall on their sword to protect Hegseth and it looks like Caldwell drew the short straw.  Here’s something to watch for. Does he just walk away and forever? Or does he pop back up with a ‘I didn’t deserved to be fired and humiliated like that so I’m gonna start telling the truth on Hegseth?’  In the end I again have to play Taps for poor old Irony. The GOP just won’t let Irony rest in peace. Not when an actual, bona fide LEAKER like Hegseth goes making a spectacle in firing some aide!  As for Caldwell it’s hard for this fellow jarhead to feel sympathy for him. His views are despicable, and he was a damned fool to sign on to get a personal lesson in ETTD.

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