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Both reports agree that the government is pursuing an aggressive leak investigation tied to classified Iran-related information. They also agree that polygraph testing has become a central tool in the search.
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U.S. Intensifies Hunt for Iran Leak Source
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U.S. military officials reportedly subjected about fifty Joint Staff officers and civilian officials to polygraph tests.
The leak involved claims about depleted missile stocks and commanders warning the Iran campaign was unsustainable.
President Donald Trump denied the shortages and vowed to hunt down the leakers.
Pentagon officials stressed the seriousness of unauthorized disclosures.
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Sources said the sweep is also meant to deter future leaks and address political embarrassment.
One report said the testing effort backfired when the lie detector results were leaked as well.
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What remains unclear is who leaked the information and whether the investigation will identify them. One account also says the test results themselves were leaked, which could deepen the probe.
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The reporting describes a wide leak hunt inside the U.S. military after classified details about Iran and missile stocks reached the public. It says about fifty Joint Staff officers and civilian officials were polygraphed, an unusually broad step according to legal experts cited in one account. The reports also note that Trump denied the shortages and said he would track down the leakers. One account adds that the administration is now trying to find who exposed the polygraph results themselves.
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Wired to a Machine: The Hunt for the Leaker Inside America’s Iran war
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This source reports that the United States military conducted mass polygraph tests on approximately fifty Joint Staff officers and civilian officials to identify who leaked classified information regarding depleted missile stocks and commanders warning that the Iran campaign was unsustainable. President Donald Trump denied the shortages and vowed to hunt down the leakers, while Pentagon officials stressed the seriousness of unauthorized disclosures. Legal experts called the scale of the testing unprecedented, and sources noted the sweep aims to deter future leaks and address political embarrassment.
White House witch hunt into leakers backfires as polygraph test results also exposed
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The White House reportedly instituted polygraph testing for top United States military officials following a leak regarding dwindling weapons stockpiles amid the conflict with Iran. According to reports cited by the article, the strategy backfired when the top-secret results of the lie detector tests were subsequently leaked as well. The administration and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are now intensifying efforts to locate the sources within the Joint Staff. The Pentagon declined to comment on internal investigative matters while emphasizing the critical importance of national security.