U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Feb. 13, 2025. (Reuters/Yves Herman)
The Pentagon has not provided specifics about what the three officials are accused of leaking.
Last month Defense Department (DOD) announced it would launch a probe into "recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information" and might employ the use of polygraphs to determine the source of the leaks.
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"The use of polygraphs in the execution of this investigation will be in accordance with applicable law and policy," DOD Chief of Staff Joe Kasper wrote in a memo. "This investigation will commence immediately and culminate in a report to the Secretary of Defense."
He wrote that "information identifying a party responsible for an unauthorized disclosure" would be referred for criminal prosecution.
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