Over the weekend, the Department of Defense released an investigation into leaks of classified information following a series of unauthorized disclosures of classification and other sensitive information to several legacy news media.
A memo signed by Pentagon Chief of Staff Joe Casper asked the Defense Director to lead the investigation, noting that polygraph testing will be carried out “in accordance with applicable laws and policies.”
“This investigation will be launched soon and arrive at a report to the Secretary of Defense, which includes a full record of fraudulent disclosures within the Department of Defense and recommendations to improve such efforts. 21.
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The effort will come later New York Times On Thursday, Elon Musk reported that he was scheduled to visit the Pentagon on Friday and was allegedly briefed on a US military war plan in a potential conflict with China.
Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday, but Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses, and later President Donald Trump himself, emphasized that he would give such a briefing.
The era Report It was argued that the meeting would be held not in Hegses' offices, but in “tanks,” where top senior defenses and military leaders are most sensitive and urgently debated. The meeting actually happened in Heggs's office, and his team subsequently released photos of the meeting in his office.
Before that leak, NBC News and CNN had reported classification memos from Defense Secretary Pete Hegses to lay out interim guidance on top priorities for departments around the world.
Parnell announced the leak investigation on X on Saturday. He posted:
For too long, cases of fraudulent disclosure of national security information have not been investigated by DOD. @Secdef is committed to actively pursuing parties responsible for any leaks and introduces them to law enforcement agencies for criminal prosecution. Efforts to overturn our military's @Potus commands, risk the lives of fighters, or harm national security, are unacceptable. Accountability has returned.
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