Pentagon Reportedly Escalates Hunt For Leakers By Ordering Polygraph Exams
The Department of War is reportedly taking further actions to address sensitive operational leaks.
Federal investigators are requiring around 50 of roughly 2,000 members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to undergo polygraph exams following recent leaks to the press, The New York Times reported Friday.
“The Department does not comment on internal personnel or investigative matters but takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously and investigates accordingly,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Securing classified information is critical to ensuring the security of the United States and of our troops deployed around the world.”
Among the recent leaks were allegations that the U.S. ran out of crucial munitions during the early months of the Iran War.
The Pentagon announced plans to buy almost 14,000 more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) components. The move followed the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimating in July that the U.S. depleted approximately two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot and THAAD inventories during the Iran War. (Read more from “Pentagon Reportedly Escalates Hunt For Leakers By Ordering Polygraph Exams” HERE)
