Reuters reported on sending a Pentagon adviser on vacation for leaking data

Dan Caldwell, one of the leading advisers to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave for "unauthorized disclosure of information" by the Department of Defense. This was announced on Tuesday, April 15, according to the Reuters news agency.

Caldwell's identity was established during the investigation of data leaks, an American official told the agency.

At the same time, the investigation of the incident continues.

The White House secret chat scandal is gaining momentum. What the media is writing

The scandalous publication of the Atlantic magazine discussing attacks on the Houthis by the US administration became known on March 25. The editor-in-chief of Goldberg magazine stated that on March 11, he received a request to connect to Signal from a user under the nickname Mike Waltz. Two days later, Goldberg received a notification about being added to a group chat called "Houthis small group."

Then, on March 15, a user named Pete Hegseth posted a message that contained details of the upcoming strikes against the Houthis. According to the screenshots, Hegseth sent information about the departure of American F-18 fighter jets 31 minutes before the start of the mission.

Later, on March 26, it became known that the American human rights organization American Oversight filed a lawsuit in the federal court of the District of Columbia against the head of the Pentagon. In response, on March 27, Trump said that the Secretary of Defense had nothing to do with the incident.