Pentagon gives military personnel lie-detector tests in leak investigation
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The U.S. Defense Department has begun a broad investigation into suspected leaks of classified information.
- About 50 military general staff employees have undergone polygraph tests as investigators examined whether they spoke to journalists about classified material or shrinking U.S. weapons stocks.
The Pentagon has launched a sweeping leak investigation in which about 50 employees of the U.S. military general staff have undergone polygraph tests.
U.S. government investigators questioned military personnel and civilian employees using lie-detector tests. They sought to determine whether anyone had passed classified information to journalists or discussed declining U.S. weapons stocks.
The investigation was reported by The New York Times.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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