Who leaked America's weapons secrets? Pentagon subjects top military officials to polygraphs
Dozens of senior US military officials were subjected to polygraph tests in a sweeping investigation into media leaks involving classified information on America's stockpiles of advanced weapons.
The Pentagon has conducted an extensive polygraph investigation to uncover the source of sensitive leaks concerning America's stockpiles of advanced weapons, according to US officials briefed on the matter. Several dozen senior military officials underwent the tests earlier this summer after classified details about the country's supplies of sophisticated munitions appeared in media reports.
The scale of the inquiry was highly unusual, with the Pentagon focusing on reports detailing the pace at which the US was using some of its most advanced and finite weapons during the Iran war. The disclosures raised questions about the state of American munitions stockpiles at a time of sustained military operations and placed potentially sensitive information about US capabilities in the public domain.
None of the officials was reported to have failed the questions specifically intended to establish whether they had leaked information to the media, but the probe underscored the level of anxiety surrounding the leaks.
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