Pentagon announces crackdown on suspected leaks in Defense Department

Defense Department personnel could be subject to a lie detector test as part of the Pentagon’s recently announced crackdown on “unauthorized disclosures of national security information.”

In a memo released Friday, Joe Kasper, chief of staff for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, directed the director for Defense Intelligence (Counterintelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security) to investigate unauthorized disclosures of sensitive and classified information throughout the Defense Department.

The memo provided no details about the alleged leaks from the Pentagon.

“This investigation will commence immediately and culminate in a report to the Secretary of Defense,” Mr. Kasper wrote. “The report will include a complete record of unauthorized disclosures within the Department of Defense and recommendations to improve such efforts.”

The use of a polygraph test in the investigation will be done “in accordance with applicable law and policy,” the memo stated. (Read more from “‘Excited’: Now Another Big Name Close to Trump Will Travel to Greenland This Week” HERE)

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