Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hunt for suspected leakers inside the Pentagon has claimed its third victim. Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was put on administrative leave Wednesday and escorted out of the building,

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog notified the defense secretary of a probe into whether he shared classified information last month in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

The White House said this week the “case has been closed” on the Signal scandal. The Pentagon’s inspector general opened it back up.