On September 4th, local time, the American CBS network reported that after highly sensitive classified information about the United States' advanced weapons inventory was disclosed to the media, the U.S. military launched a major investigation into the leak. During the summer of this year, dozens of high-ranking military officials, including some from the U.S. Central Command and other combat commands, underwent polygraph tests.
According to sources, everyone passed the lie detector test used to determine whether they had disclosed information to the media. However, not all senior officers underwent this test. For example, Dan Kane, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not participate in the test.
Recently, there have been frequent reports that U.S. military ammunition stocks have been significantly depleted during operations in Iran, resulting in a severe shortage of ammunition. The White House and the Pentagon have repeatedly denied this claim.
Reports say that Trump is angry about the related leaks. Since the number of people who had access to this confidential information about weapons inventories was very limited, investigators once feared that some of them might be acting as informants for foreign intelligence agencies.
Regarding this, the Pentagon responded by stating that it does not comment on matters involving internal personnel or investigative issues, but emphasized that it will conduct a thorough investigation into all incidents involving the disclosure of national security classified information.
On September 3 local time, U.S. President Trump posted on social media, accusing the media of not reporting the situation of U.S. weapons and ammunition inventories accurately.
He wrote: “For those who refuse to report truthfully about the United States’ military actions against Iran, we have almost unlimited supplies of high-end ammunition. The quantity is far greater than what we could use in this operation, or any other (very unlikely) war. Moreover, we are producing ammunition on an unprecedented scale.”
