Pentagon Reportedly Escalates Hunt For Leakers By Ordering Polygraph Exams

‘Securing classified information is critical to ensuring the security of the United States and of our troops deployed around the world’

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 new

Several dozens high-ranking military officials were reportedly given polygraph tests last month as part of sweeping investigation into the disclosure of classified information about the country’s munitions stockpile. About 50 senior officials in the War Department were subjected to the lie-detector tests after media re