How fired Pentagon officials comment on the scandal

According to journalists, these are the chief of staff of the US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Carroll, senior adviser to Hegseth Dan Caldwell, as well as the deputy chief of staff of the Pentagon Darin Selnik.

They have already published a joint statement to dot all the i's.

The officials do not hide their disappointment with how their service in the Ministry of Defense ended.

"We have still not been told what exactly we were suspected of, whether the investigation is still ongoing, or whether it was conducted at all in the case of the so-called "leaks," their joint statement says.

Caldwell, Selnick, and Carroll also reiterated that they fully understand the importance of maintaining information security and "worked to protect it every day."

Anonymous Pentagon officials slandered us with baseless accusations during our release, they complained.

According to journalists, the latest events are an extremely harsh blow to the head of the Pentagon and her entire team.