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In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members

4 septembre 2026 à 22:08
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

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U.S. government investigators are subjecting up to 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests, according to officials briefed on the move.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Military Has ‘No Plans’ to Send Troops to the Polls

1 septembre 2026 à 19:48
Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s top military adviser, appeared to renounce the possibility of the military interfering in the 2026 midterms.

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Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s top military adviser. appeared to renounce the possibility that the military would interfere with the vote in an Aug. 28 letter to Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
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