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In major leak hunt, Pentagon gives polygraph tests to joint staff members

government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S. military's Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, according to officials briefed on the move.

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government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S.

military's Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, according to officials briefed on the move.

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government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting roughly 50 members of the U.S. military's Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, according to officials briefed on the move.

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