Caldwell was named in the “Signalgate” drama when Hegseth told the rest of the leaked group that he was the Pentagon’s best staff point of contact for the National Security Council as it prepared for strikes in Yemen.

An aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave on April 15 as part of an investigation into the unauthorized leak of information, according to a Defense official.

A top advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly was escorted out of the Pentagon after being identified in a leak investigation into an “unauthorized disclosure.” Reuters, which exclusively reported the development,