Pete Hegseth's Security Detail Is So Big It's Pushing an Entire Army Agency to the Brink: WaPo
Source: MEDIAite
Aug 20th, 2025, 8:49 am
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths unusually large personal security detail has put significant strain on the Army agency responsible for providing the personnel the Washington Post reports.
According to Post reporters Tara Copp, Alex Horton, and Dan Lamothe, the Armys Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has pulled agents off of criminal investigations to safeguard Hegseth, his family, and even his exes. Ive never seen this many security teams for one guy, an unnamed CID official told the Post. Nobody has.
The Armys CID has approximately 1,500 agents roughly 10 percent of whom typically serve on VIP security details, the Post reports. But numerous sources told the paper that under Hegseth, that figure has more than doubled or even tripled.
Part of what prompted the increase in Hegseths detail, according to the report, was a bomb threat against his home in Tennessee just prior to his nomination as secretary. As a result, the Post reported that CID agents have been dispatched to Tennessee and Minnesota where Hegseths second wife resides.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/pete-hegseths-security-detail-is-so-big-its-pushing-an-entire-army-agency-to-the-brink-wapo/
Link to WaPo article - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/20/hegseth-security-detail/

Faux pas
(15,866 posts)they're working extra hard to make sure our government coffers are empty.
NoMoreRepugs
(11,571 posts)Javaman
(64,425 posts)AverageOldGuy
(2,884 posts)I'm not clear on Hoghsbreath's marital status. As I recall he has three wives, don't know how many are current or divorced.
Maybe his ex-wives need security to protect them from him. Given his alcoholism, his current wife -- if there is one -- probably could use a couple of bodyguards.
PatSeg
(50,867 posts)These people are unbelievable.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(127,958 posts)FakeNoose
(38,438 posts)I sure hope it's Whiskey Pete. Also Bob Kennedy will have to go. I bet they'll both be out by the end of 2025.
Chump can't stand it when his employees get more press (better or worse) than he does.
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,953 posts)Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths security detail is reportedly so large that its straining the Army agency thats tasked with protecting him
He doesn't have real friends, but still wants a 'posse' to hang around with him... no matter what it costs us.
— Deeds Not Words (@nodderuf.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T18:41:14.321Z
Pete Hegseth reportedly has an âunusually largeâ security detail, generating pushback
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseth-reportedly-unusually-large-security-detail-generating-pus-rcna226070
Its against this backdrop that The Washington Post reported on the most egregious example to date.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths 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 Posts report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, added that this multimillion-dollar initiative has forced the Armys Criminal Investigation Division to even monitor residences belonging to the Hegseths former spouses.
Naturally, this is applying new strains on the Army agency and its budget. The Post spoke to one insider who said, We have complete inability to achieve our most basic missions.
The secretary and the Pentagon declined to comment.
The reporting, if accurate, is itself striking, but I continue to believe theres a related story behind the story: On a very regular basis, Defense Department insiders have appeared quite eager to let the public know about Hegseth-related controversies, suggesting the former Fox News host still has more than his share of critics within the building.