丹·考德威尔于2025年在一场备受瞩目的调查中被五角大楼解雇，该调查最终未提出任何指控
作者：摩根·菲利普斯 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月17日 美国东部时间下午3:15
据一位知情人士透露，战争部长彼得·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）的前高级顾问在备受瞩目的泄密调查中被解职后，已被聘为国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）的下属。
丹·考德威尔重返敏感情报岗位，距离他被公开指控泄露机密信息不到一年——这些指控从未得到公开证实——同时特朗普政府正应对与伊朗不断升级的战争。
此次任命还在内部紧张局势加剧之际，将一位主张更克制美国外交政策的知名倡导者安置在了情报机构内部。
周二早些时候，国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特（Joe Kent）辞职，理由是反对对伊朗发动战争，并声称伊朗并未对美国构成迫在眉睫的威胁——这是政府内部罕见的公开反对声音。
一位知情人士将考德威尔的新职位描述为”行政职务”，侧重于内部管理和协调，而非直接制定情报评估或国家安全政策。然而，国家情报总监办公室（ODNI）在协调18个机构的情报工作以及为总统制定每日情报简报方面发挥着核心作用。
消息人士称，考德威尔已通过测谎测试，并通过了一系列背景和安全审查，目前正在入职流程中。
加巴德办公室尚未立即回应置评请求。
最近的一项昆尼皮亚克大学民调显示，这场战争正在分裂美国民众，就像它正在分裂政府内部一样：53%的受访者反对军事干预，40%表示支持。
考德威尔的任命标志着始于2025年4月的泄密调查显然已告一段落，当时考德威尔与另外两名高级五角大楼官员达林·塞尔尼克（Darin Selnick）和科林·卡罗尔（Colin Carroll）突然被解雇并被带出五角大楼。三人都否认参与泄密，且没有公开证据支持这些指控。
赫格塞斯当时表示，这三人将因泄密接受调查，并暗示有不当行为的证据，但没有人被起诉，考德威尔仍保留其安全许可。
五角大楼未披露调查是否仍在进行或已结束。
福克斯新闻数字频道此前曾报道，这三名助手曾与当时的幕僚长乔·卡斯珀（Joe Kasper）发生冲突，卡斯珀后来也被解职。
赫格塞斯在三人离职后仍继续指责他们泄密，当时他说：”那些泄密的人，那些被赶出大楼的人，现在正试图泄露信息并破坏总统的议程和我们正在做的事情。这很不幸。”
考德威尔是一名海军陆战队退伍军人，也是主张克制外交政策领域的知名声音，主要就欧洲问题向赫格塞斯提供建议，并一直直言不讳地反对美国在海外长期驻军。他的观点与政府内部长期警告不要卷入另一场重大中东冲突的派系一致。
随着美国与伊朗的战争进入第三周，这场辩论变得更加紧迫，而加巴德——她的政治身份很大程度上建立在反对政权更迭战争上——尽管负责监督国家情报机构，却在公开场合对这场冲突保持沉默。
被解雇后，考德威尔暗示三人被解职可能与内部权力斗争有关。”我们威胁到了大楼内外许多既得利益者，”他说。
五角大楼拒绝对考德威尔的任命及调查状态置评。美国空军特别调查办公室未回应置评请求。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6390868799112
Dan Caldwell hired by Tulsi Gabbard at DNI despite leak allegations | Fox News
Dan Caldwell was fired from Pentagon in 2025 in a high-profile investigation that never produced charges
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News
Published March 17, 2026 3:15pm EDT
A former top advisor to War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was ousted amid a high-profile leak investigation, has been hired to work under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a source familiar with the move.
Dan Caldwell’s return to a sensitive intelligence role comes less than a year after he was publicly accused of leaking classified information — allegations that have never been publicly substantiated — and as the Trump administration navigates an escalating war with Iran.
The hiring also places a prominent advocate of a more restrained U.S. foreign policy inside the intelligence apparatus at a moment of growing internal tension.
Earlier Tuesday, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigned, citing opposition to the Iran war and arguing Tehran, Iran, did not pose an imminent threat to the United States — a rare public break from within the administration.
A source familiar with the move described Caldwell’s new position as an “administrative role,” focused on internal management and coordination rather than directly shaping intelligence assessments or national security policy. However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) plays a central role in coordinating intelligence across 18 agencies and shaping the president’s daily intelligence briefing.
The source said Caldwell has completed a polygraph test, and passed a series of background and security checks and is currently in the onboarding process.
Gabbard’s office could not immediately be reached for comment.
A recent Quinnipiac poll found the war is dividing Americans just as it is those within the administration: 53% of those surveyed opposed the military intervention while 40% supported it.
Caldwell’s hiring signals the apparent end of a leak investigation that began in April 2025, when Caldwell and two other senior Pentagon officials, Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll, were abruptly fired and escorted out of the Pentagon. All three aides have denied any involvement in leaks, and no public evidence has been produced to support the allegations.
Hegseth said at the time the three aides would be investigated for leaking and suggested there was evidence of wrongdoing, but none of the men were ever charged, and Caldwell retains his security clearance.
The Pentagon has not disclosed whether the investigation remains active or has concluded.
Fox News Digital previously reported that the three aides had clashed with then-chief of staff Joe Kasper, who was also later removed from his role.
Hegseth continued to accuse the aides of leaking even after their departure, saying at the time: “Those folks who are leaking, who have been pushed out of the building, are now attempting to leak and sabotage the president’s agenda and what we’re doing. And that’s unfortunate.”
Caldwell, a Marine Corps veteran and prominent voice in the restraint-minded foreign policy sphere, advised Hegseth primarily on European issues and has been outspoken against prolonged U.S. military involvement overseas. His views align with a faction inside the administration that has long warned against entering another major Middle East conflict.
That debate has taken on new urgency as the U.S. enters its third week of war with Iran, and as Gabbard — who built much of her political identity opposing regime-change wars — has remained largely quiet publicly about the conflict despite overseeing the nation’s intelligence apparatus.
After his firing, Caldwell suggested the trio’s removal may have been tied to internal power struggles. “We threatened a lot of established interests inside the building and outside the building,” he said.
The Pentagon declined to comment on Caldwell’s hiring and the status of the investigation. The Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations did not respond to a request for comment.
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