Ousted Hegseth aide accused of leaking lands intelligence post
Source: The Hill
03/16/26 10:48 PM ET
A former aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was accused of leaking classified information, was hired by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), an administration official told The Hill on Monday.
Dan Caldwell, who served as Hegseth’s senior adviser and was escorted from the Pentagon last April, along with two other senior aides, will soon start working at ODNI in an administrative role, the official said.
“Any individual who is hired by ODNI goes through an extensive background review, including record checks and personal interviews, with a trained official to ensure the individual is trustworthy and does not pose a threat to national security,” an ODNI spokesperson told The Hill.
Caldwell, along with Colin Caroll, former chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen A. Feinberg, and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff, were first put on leave and then fired from the Pentagon amid a probe into information leaks at the department.
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