MaddowBlog-Pete Hegseth reportedly has an 'unusually large' security detail, generating pushback

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s security detail is reportedly so large that it’s straining the Army agency that’s 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.

Pete Hegseth reportedly has an ‘unusually large’ security detail, generating pushback

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— Deeds Not Words (@nodderuf.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T18:41:14.321Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseth-reportedly-unusually-large-security-detail-generating-pus-rcna226070

At the FBI, for example, the bureau’s deputy director has traditionally maintained a relatively low public profile and has never needed a security team. NBC News reported in April, however, that former conservative media personality Dan Bongino has received 24-hour security from a sizable contingent of agents.......

It’s against this backdrop that The Washington Post reported on the most egregious example to date.

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 report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, added that this multimillion-dollar initiative has forced the Army’s 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 there’s 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.

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1. Does he ever wonder why he needs so many bodyguards?

Or ever consider maybe he himself is the very reason he's so disrespected and despised. The poor choices some people make are so fascinating.

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2. Perhaps he likes to be around a bunch of beefy dudes.

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3. 'Scum': Trump's Pentagon melts down over 'astonishing' Hegseth ​report

Hegseth and his goons are upset at the reports of his security detail.

'Scum': Trump's Pentagon melts down over 'astonishing' Hegseth ​report

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T22:45:29.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2673906168/

Pentagon officials fumed on Wednesday after The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "unusually large" security requirements are straining the agency.

The Post investigation found that Hegseth relies on an "unusually large" and expensive personal security detail, which significantly strained the U.S. Army agency responsible for his protection. The operation has required the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, to reassign agents away from core criminal investigations to provide security for him and monitor his homes in Minnesota, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C.

The operation costs millions of dollars, with the article estimating the number of agents assigned to senior defense officials has grown from around 150 to as high as 400 to 500.....

"How do these reporters sleep at night? @PeteHegseth is not only the Secretary of Defense but a father. This article, in addition to being false, puts him and all of his children at risk," Department of Defense assistant press secretary Riley Podleski wrote on X.

Fellow Department of Defense assistant press secretary Jacob Bliss, meanwhile, wrote, "The scum at the Washington Post published details about @SecDef’s security in the name of ‘journalism.’ They aren’t holding anyone accountable — they’re putting numerous lives and families at risk."