Yesterday the Washington Post published an article about the security required for Pete Hegseth, putting him and his family in danger, all of which (of course!) credits anonymous sources. Indeed, are they trying to get him (and Secretary Noem) killed? I think the answer is “Yes”. At least, they wouldn’t care if that was the outcome.
As John Hinderaker at POWERLINE outlines:
Today the Washington Post published a long hit piece on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s security detail. The article is based on interviews with “more than a dozen” people, all of whom, of course, are anonymous. This is the gist:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are straining the Army agency tasked with protecting him as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C., according to numerous officials familiar with the operation.
The Post’s thesis is elaborated on in great detail. We have, for example, this account of a Washington Nationals baseball game:
