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Pentagon gave polygraph tests to high-ranking officials to find leakers: Reports
Some of the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officials were subject to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping Pentagon investigation into leaks to journalists on dwindling weapons stockpiles amid the Iran war, multiple reports suggest. Military officials and civilian employees were tested in August, including roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff, according to the New…
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Source context: Some of the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officials were subject to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping Pentagon investigation into leaks to journalists on dwindling weapons stockpiles amid the Iran war, multiple reports suggest. Military officials and civilian employees were…
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About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
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Some of the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officials were subject to polygraph tests as part of a sweeping Pentagon investigation into leaks to journalists on dwindling weapons stockpiles amid the Iran war, multiple reports suggest. Military officials and civilian employees were tested in August, including roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff, according to the New…
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The Pentagon has reportedly subjected some high-ranking military officials and civilian employees to polygraph tests as part of an effort to identify suspected leaks to journalists, including disclosures about U.S. munitions stockpiles being depleted by the war with Iran. The reported crackdown comes after multiple news outlets published reports detailing how the conflict has strained […]
‘Securing classified information is critical to ensuring the security of the United States and of our troops deployed around the world’
President Trump was reportedly “furious” about the leaks.
