New: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orbit has become consumed with a leak investigation that is the purported reason for the firing of senior adviser Dan Caldwell but mired in controversy, per 5 people familiar @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

hugolowell.bsky.social • 17 hours ago

New: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orbit has become consumed with a leak investigation that is the purported reason for the firing of senior adviser Dan Caldwell but mired in controversy, per 5 people familiar @theguardian.com exclusive https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/pete-hegseth-leak-investigation

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ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social•10 hours ago

So Pete wants to find the leaker? Does he have a mirror?

impeach47now.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He violated multiple laws.
I saw it on Rachel Maddow.

impeach47now.bsky.social•15 hours ago

LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!

rockin-ronnie12.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Loser.

kimcat44.bsky.social•4 hours ago

yup, sounds like Trump's administration all right

hugolowell.bsky.social•17 hours ago

The fallout from the investigation has been far-reaching: Hegseth has dramatically narrowed his inner circle, which now consists of three people: acting chief of staff, Ricky Buria, until recently his junior military assistant; lawyer Tim Parlatore; and spokesperson Sean Parnell

super-mutt.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Huh...
So white supremacist "meritocracy" isn't working so well.
Who'da guessed?

michaeloberg.bsky.social•17 hours ago

& his wife, of course

capemaydave.bsky.social•17 hours ago

With Trump abrogating the Atlantic Charter, the Defense Department in disarray, and a trade embargo of sorts already in place, the window is wide open for China to take Taiwan.

redstateliberal.bsky.social•16 hours ago

So, Xi has to decide-does he want to keep taking over America’s place as the leading nation in the world or does he want to take Taiwan? Seems like he can have either but only one.

capemaydave.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Agreed.

Trump has given Xi an amazing gift, the ability to be the voice of reason on international trade.

Taking Taiwan upends that.

roxannedarling.bsky.social•16 hours ago

C’mon military brass, take this guy down. We’ve got your back.

litscrib.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Not the best ppl!

mitchking.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Oh no! Did he kick his wife and brother out??!!??

jodibp.bsky.social•6 hours ago

You win Saturday night.

maryguiden.bsky.social•14 hours ago

🤣
That dude is just pathetic, eh?

mitchking.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Unwell, I’d say. Would be better for both him and the country if he were in therapy rather than in charge of the Pentagon.

maryguiden.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Indeed.

nadojacksie.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Tim Parlatore. Eddie Gallagher's lawyer.
Fitting.

sagastar.bsky.social•17 hours ago

you can't run the pentagon like this ffs

tweed-tremolux.bsky.social•16 hours ago

paulayankelove.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Seems the DUI hire is a friggin trainwreck. Lying dude is 0 for 0 with his " all the best people" bs.

verdonski.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Dang! I started reading your post as 'Pete Hegseth's obit...'.

erictshepherd.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It’s really shocking to learn that after shitty humans were appointed to run DOD, they’re being shitty to each other.

randall1972.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Be miserable Pete.

mepafford.org•14 hours ago

The #SECDEF Office is probably cleared TS GENSER.
So, #Hegseth probably has a SIPRNet computer, and a Dual-Homed NIPRNet/Internet computer.
It's reported he also has a straight Internet computer.
IF he Copied Text From SIPRNet Into Signal on Either the NIPRNet/Internet or Internet computers, CRIME!

chrisjustice01.bsky.social•15 hours ago

What a jerk

dabxdee.bsky.social•12 hours ago

These people are sociopathic cosplayers.

retcan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Gee it didn’t seem like the last guy…you know the competent black guy that did his job didn’t need to worry about leaks or how to do the job…DEI really??

pnwmelissa.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Unsurprisingly, everyone hates the guy who treats them like shit.

sharxfan.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Of course they are more concerned with who outed his reckless disregard for protecting our intelligence than the actual misconduct. I’m so sick of this MAGA bullshit. I can’t believe anyone wanted 4 more years of this daily incompetence.

obregonia.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Does he still have the private unsecured line in his office? Nobody has been able to answer that but it's one of the most important details in this entire story. When was it removed?

marchie57.bsky.social•14 hours ago

All busy pointing fingers at one another when the truth is you put a drunken frat boy, festooned with comical white nationlist tattos, who has NO WHERE NEAR the level of education, training or experience of everyone else in the Pentagon building and ya, here's your expected outcome.

necessaryevil.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Halfwit assholes generally do not get on with normal people so this is unsurprising

scaredykathy48.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Hegseth is a drunk, an adulterer, a liar, and total incompetent heading the Department of Defense. Great choice, @realdonaldtrump. Our whole government is being run by fools.

reddrgn101.bsky.social•13 hours ago

if the apple is bad, so is the core

samcrut.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Gonna be really funny when all the reports point straight at Pete as the source of all the leaks.

p0rtiab00.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Phase 2 autocracy.

worldcitizen1994.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Not only is he a scumbag, but there's a good chance that Hegseth is also probably seriously mentally unstable. He needs to leave this job -- for which is he is wholly unqualified -- and get help. If his family cares about him, they'll urge him to step down.

jagster5221.bsky.social•13 hours ago

You know every country around the world looks at our current national defense situation and are licking their chops bc any threat they make will be answered by the most incompetent Defense Secretary in history.

grammak082u.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This man is a bumbling idiot. He proved that while in the military. Now he is destroying our defense department.
GET HIM OUT!!
He can go home and bury himself in a bottle or seek help if he's smart.

doughardy.bsky.social•15 hours ago

For a moment I thought you wrote "obit" and, with allowances for time travel, it still fits.

iris-1960.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I wonder if PH has looked in the mirror lately. Maybe all the leaks come from him?!? If you use personal devices, there might be the problem.

patronzo1.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Hey Pete! Wars are supposed to be against other countries, not the people down the hallway

fraziberry.bsky.social•14 hours ago

johnnywonder1996.bsky.social•15 hours ago

johnasilva.bsky.social•17 hours ago

DUDE! We ALL know Alcoholic Pete is his own enemy and has leaked more important information than anybody. He is a traitor.

unilecturerrob.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He’s a drunken moron

shadow4me.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Can't wait until he sits in front of Congress.

michelecollins5411.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I bet he's a no-show.

lpeterp.bsky.social•17 hours ago

We never saw this kind of disfunction with the Cabinet Officers President Biden appointed. This human trash follows a Four Star General Secretary of Defense who kept the country safe.

faebold.bsky.social•15 hours ago

laney502.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Whiskey Leaks.

whteves.bsky.social•13 hours ago

What do they say about alcoholism and paranoia 🧐

john-sup.bsky.social•17 hours ago

...oh shit! What if he finds out Pete's the leaker🤣🤬

hillz2mountains.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Based on the signal chats
Pete Hegseth should look in the mirror to find the leaker

veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Just kakistocratic business as usual.
Congratulations, America!

sybilte420.bsky.social•16 hours ago

greathands4you.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He was never the appropriate person in this job..as Donald J.Trump, is showing the same understanding at the Pope's Funeral.

txteacher.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Him yelling at the acting chair of the Joint Chiefs—keep talking friend. I’m sure the military is going to follow your orders when half the country is out in the streets.

cromdeluise.bsky.social•17 hours ago

but hegseth himself is the leak

helenresists.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Couldn't happen to a bigger asshole.

mikiemez.bsky.social•16 hours ago

It's a shame they got rid of the leaker; if he were still there leaking information then we'd know about this.

nutmegfreak.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Only the best.

aedaw9i.bsky.social•16 hours ago

So many involved you can’t even keep up with the names. A bunch of narcissistic unqualified inept frat boys. What a cluster. The pentagon is an international joke.

anotherchuck.bsky.social•16 hours ago

5 sources now?

sketchycharacter.bsky.social•17 hours ago

He's a drama machine.

jamesmorrow.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He's completely unfit, thus the shit show!

seanmasterson.bsky.social•16 hours ago

He’s an alcoholic nutter.

motorthing68.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Leaky Pete Kegbreath will at least be able to recall some of that military training as he convenes the circular firing squad.

kaboombox.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He’s the leak. Hegseth is the leak. It’s so obvious.

prairielife.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I got a little excited for a second...read 'orbit' as 'obit'. Alas, back to reality...🤷

churchlady320.bsky.social•14 hours ago

OK. Read your first line as "...Hegesth's OBIT" and felt hope for the first time in months.

prairielife.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Same!

churchlady320.bsky.social•13 hours ago

😇

strrfry.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Two Russian spies have been arrested in Germany. Both had Hegseth’s personal phone number on their cells. He needs to be arrested for treason.

bmt1895.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Paranoia sets in.................

dwood1026.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Kinda hard to fire yourself

sallyny.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I was taught that one sign of certain kinds of personality deficits could be that everyone in their orbit gets sucked into a vortex of interpersonal turmoil. Don't know what's really happening but I would be running out of there, fast. Most likely, things won't end well.

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