Top US military officials face lie detectors in leak hunt

The Pentagon has launched a polygraph dragnet targeting senior military officials in an effort to identify who leaked classified information about US munitions stockpiles, according to US press reports.

The New York Times reported late Friday that about 50 members of the Joint Staff, the Pentagon’s planning and advisory body, had been required to take lie-detector tests. The tests form part of an investigation into how classified stockpile information reached journalists.

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we have a lot of ammunition, different types

The leak hunt follows reports that the United States had begun rationing munitions, particularly missile interceptors, because of supply concerns after several months of fighting Iran. Administration officials strongly denied those reports.

President Donald Trump said, “we have a lot of ammunition, different types,” while acknowledging that “for some of the more sophisticated stuff, we’d certainly like to have more.”

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for some of the more sophisticated stuff, we’d certainly like to have more