According to officials familiar with this operation, US government investigators have taken an extraordinary step to conduct lie detection on about 50 members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to investigate whether they leaked information to reporters, including information related to the shortage of critical ammunition reserves caused by the war in Iran. After several media outlets successively reported that US stocks of key ammunition such as long-range missiles and “Patriot” interceptor bombs were insufficient, related lie detection work began in August. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell issued a statement saying that the Department of Defense “will not comment on internal personnel or investigation matters, but it attaches great importance to all national security and confidential information leaks and will carry out corresponding investigations.”

According to officials familiar with this operation, US government investigators have taken an extraordinary step to conduct lie detection on about 50 members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to investigate whether they leaked information to reporters, including information related to the shortage of critical ammunition reserves caused by the war in Iran. After several media outlets successively reported that US stocks of key ammunition such as long-range missiles and “Patriot” interceptor bombs were insufficient, related lie detection work began in August. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell issued a statement saying that the Department of Defense “will not comment on internal personnel or investigation matters, but it attaches great importance to all national security and confidential information leaks and will carry out corresponding investigations.”