Senior Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assistants married polygraphs to their colleagues this spring, in some cases, as part of the effort to displace anyone who leaked into the media, and apparently others, others, who are familiar with the matter.
Polygraphs in his office broke out during a deep shock, as Hegseth began an investigation of the leak and sought to identify the perpetrators by all the necessary measures after the obscured disclosure and unpleasant stories.
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However, polygraphs became controversial after being directed to the rescue that was directed, whether they were even formal, given that at least one polygraph was ordered without direct Hegseth’s knowledge and caused the intervention of a short advisor who is not working in Pentagon.
Tim Parlator, a Naval Commander of the Navy, who was a full -time naval commander who was seeking polygraph Patrick Weever, a senior secretary adviser to the White House during the first term of Donald Trump,
When Weaver learned of his approaching polygraph, he complained to his partners that he was suspected of without evidence, people said. This encouraged the external Trump advisor to contact Hegset – just for Hegseth to say he didn’t even know about the test.
The external Trump advisor called the Parlator on his mobile phone to close the impending polygraph, shouting that in the second term career staff did not go into political appointments, two people who were familiar with the interview says.
Weaver seems to have not released his complaint at the White House, saying to his partners that he wants to prevent Miller with problems. Previous reports state that the White House intervened in the name of Wever, but people said the White House had learned the test after it was canceled.
A representative of the White House refused to comment. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnel said in his report: “The department will not comment on the ongoing investigation.”
The extraordinary episode emphasized the constant concern about Hegseth’s ability to control the Pentagon – he is still confronted with the General Inspector’s report of his disclosure in a signal conversation about us struck against Houthis – and why the Trump Advisor completed the intervention.
Washington Post earlier reported a polygraph withdrawn by Weaver. But Pentagon’s efforts to eradicate lectures with lies detectors continued against uniformed military officers even after the incident with Weaver, three of the people said.
Ricky, the then chief of the military and current headquarters, told polygraphs at the same time against a few people associated with potential and perceived competitors in Pentagon, including senior adviser Eric Gerressy, despite his own polygraph returned as unpleasant.
The “sail”, which is said to not care about Gerressy, did not order the polygraph against him after the weaver’s event. Instead, people said he ordered polygraphs who worked for Gerressy, including Hegseth’s military assistants, Captain William Francis, a former Navy seal and Col Mike Loconsolo.
In the additional turn, the polygraphs of uniformed officers became full after one person complained that his defense intelligence agency had not been executed and the defense department contractor, and he said separately that his polygraph could only be double as a normal background examination, said two people.
Hegseth himself threatened to catch a leak to polygraphs, including two top military officials, The Wall Street Journal said earlier: Navy Adm Christopher Grady, Deputy Chairman of the Joint Staff, and Lieutenant Gen Douglas Sims, Director of the Joint Staff.
According to the two people familiar with the Sims case, he was privately proposed that he could play a role in implementing the classified Panama channel plan to the NBC news, among other violations, including the claim that Sims was disrespectful.
Although Sims does not seem to be polygraphic, Hegseth has canceled his promotion to a four -star general, despite the fact that the New York Times has previously announced by agreeing to the recommendation of many career and political officials.
Hegseth told Sims that his relationship with Genu Milley, a former head of the joint staff, who hates short, disqualified – although Sims ironically helped to remove Milley’s portrait from the Pentagon wall when Hegseth came to the Pentagon, one of the people said.
Several officials, including Dan Caine, chairman of the United Directors, said Hegseti that Sims was not a bear and deserved better. Hegseth told officials he would sleep on it, but never looked at the question, people said.