Defense secretary pete hegseth’s chief of staff, joe kasper, sent a memo friday saying that members of the department of defense (dod) may be subjected to polygraph tests in a new investigation. Pentagon leak investigation and the role of polygraph examinations the recent announcement from the pentagon that its intelligence and law enforcement units are investigating unauthorized disclosures has stirred up a whirlwind of debate The pentagon's intelligence and law enforcement arms are investigating what it says are leaks of national security information
Pentagon announces leak investigation that will include polygraphs
Defense department personnel could face polygraphs in the latest.
The pentagon may expand polygraph testing to curb leaks—but examiner shortages and clearance backlogs raise questions about what comes next.
The pentagon said it would investigate purported leaks of national security information, saying that the probes could include polygraph tests. The department of defense plans to use polygraph tests to aid in investigating “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information,” according to a friday memo.
