An internal Axios investigation says a senior Pentagon planning officer admitted supplying classified information on Ukraine and Iran to two different media outlets over more than a year. Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was relieved this week by Defense Secretary Hegeseth after failing four polygraph tests and admitting the conduct on video, the report said. U.S. officials told investigators the disclosures began as early as June 2025; Sylvia continued communicating with reporters via Signal and met a jou

An internal Axios investigation says a senior Pentagon planning officer admitted supplying classified information on Ukraine and Iran to two different media outlets over more than a year. Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was relieved this week by Defense Secretary Hegeseth after failing four polygraph tests and admitting the conduct on video, the report said. U.S. officials told investigators the disclosures began as early as June 2025; Sylvia continued communicating with reporters via Signal and met a journalist in an Arlington restaurant, where he orally provided details on U.S. assistance to Ukraine drawn from notes on a classified report.