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Investigators forced dozens of civilian employees and military officials assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take polygraphs. The Pentagon is looking for leakers amid a flurry of reports about the state of US weapons stockpiles.
The New York Times reported on Friday that roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff were subjected to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists in August. A Pentagon spokesman said that the Department of War “does not comment on internal personnel or investigative matters but takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously. . .
