Overview
- Reporters say investigators gave roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff polygraph exams in August as part of a hunt for leaks about weapons stockpiles.
- Those tested were asked if they had disclosed classified information to journalists and whether they had shared details about reduced munitions, according to officials briefed on the matter.
- Two unnamed sources told reporters that nobody failed the specific leak-detection questions, but the claim has not been confirmed in public records.
- The Pentagon declined to discuss internal investigations while spokesman Sean Parnell said the department treats leaks of classified information extremely seriously.
- The sweep is unusually large for senior military staff and comes amid wider administration efforts to curb leaks, raising counterintelligence concerns and questions about operational risks and limits on internal dissent.