WashingtonA three-star general failed 3 polygraphs, the Pentagon says.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is polygraphing senior officials in leak hunts as the Iran war enters its ninth month.
Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia directed strategy on the Joint Staff, and officials offered no evidence beyond the polygraph results.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the case went to the Justice Department for possible legal action.
How each outlet framed it
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- Reuters leans critical
- frames the firing through the mass polygraph campaign against senior officers, noting no proof was offered beyond the failed-polygraph claim
- The New York Times leans critical
- emphasizes the scope of the polygraph campaign as unprecedented for senior US military ranks, and that no details or proof were offered
- U.S. News & World Report
- notes the Pentagon's leak accusation came hours after the removal, with no reason given at the time of ouster
Sources: Reuters, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report