Just one day after two senior Pentagon officials—Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, Deputy Chief of Staff—were escorted from the building and placed on administrative leave, another high-ranking official has now faced similar action. Colin Carroll, Chief of Staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, has had his Pentagon access suspended and has also been placed on administrative leave. The moves come amid an ongoing investigation into multiple high-level leaks, including sensitive details about military operational plans concerning the Panama Canal, the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) being redirected to the Middle East, Elon Musk’s contentious March visit to the Pentagon for discussions on China, and the recent disruption and resumption of intelligence-sharing with Ukraine.