{"id":2414362,"date":"2025-03-22T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leakers-get-worst-news-imaginable-pentagon-launches-investigation-plans-to-use-polygraph-tests\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:44:59","slug":"leakers-get-worst-news-imaginable-pentagon-launches-investigation-plans-to-use-polygraph-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leakers-get-worst-news-imaginable-pentagon-launches-investigation-plans-to-use-polygraph-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Leakers Get Worst News Imaginable: Pentagon Launches Investigation, Plans to Use Polygraph Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleakers-get-worst-news-imaginable-pentagon-launches-investigation-plans-to-use-polygraph-tests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The hunt is on for Pentagon leakers who shipped the media doses of Fake News.<\/p>\n<p>Citing sources it did not name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/20\/us\/politics\/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html?smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported Thursday that Elon Musk was scheduled to receive a Friday briefing on America&rsquo;s plans for a conflict with China, stressing the unprecedented nature of allowing a civilian who did business with China access to top-secret plans.<\/p>\n<p>The report enthralled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/20\/politics\/elon-musk-visit-pentagon-hegseth-china\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> so much that it jumped on the bandwagon, only to find that Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-hegseth-gives-reporter-smackdown-even-trump-envy-question-firing-woke-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> blew a hole in the reports by saying Musk was in fact going to visit the Pentagon, but no briefing on war plans was part of the visit.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114200175082806882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-just-agreed-waive-taxes-people-making-less-150k-catch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> called the report an &ldquo;absolutely ridiculous and false story, which is probably libelous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That is exactly right.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times writes carefully crafted political propaganda with one goal: destroy Republicans, especially President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EUTw2Xb0Fj\">https:\/\/t.co\/EUTw2Xb0Fj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1903480294445121796?\">March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - 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Also, I look forward to the prosecutions of those at the Pentagon who are leaking maliciously false information to NYT. They will be found,&rdquo; Musk posted.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is not the only department trying to plug leaks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-announces-investigation-leaks-polygraph-tests-pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said that she used lie detectors to learn who was leaking sensitive information to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Her investigation &ldquo;identified two leakers of information here at the Department of Homeland Security who have been telling individuals about our operations and putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy. We plan to prosecute these two individuals and hold them accountable for what they&rsquo;ve done,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Justice Department said it was investigating leaks concerning the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua gang.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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