Top brass get lie tests in Pentagon news leak

Members of the Pentagon's top brass are undergoing lie detector tests to determine who leaked the contents of a classified document last week, a Defense Department spokesman said Wednesday.

Deputy Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci ordered the investigation because the Washington Post reported the substance of a classified document presented last week to the Pentagon's Defense Resources Board.

The document said the Joint Chiefs of Staff had estimated that President Reagan's massive defense buildup would cost $750 billion more than the $1.5 trillion already projected for the next five years. The lie detector tests follow a major administration-wide crackdown on leaks of national security information. A presidential directive places curbs on contacts with the news media and on the number of people with access to classified documents and internal deliberations.

You've read 3 of 3 free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Top brass get lie tests in Pentagon news leak
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0114/011416.html
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe
CSM logo

Why is Christian Science in our name?

Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.

Explore values journalism About us