The Pentagon's chief military planner leaked classified information about Ukraine and Iran to journalists, Axios writes. US Army Lt. Gen. Brett Silvia passed classified information to two journalists from different publications for about a year. The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, fired him this week on the grounds of alleged wrongdoing. According to an inside report, Sylvia confessed to leaking the videotapes after failing a polygraph test four times. Communication with journalists began in June 2025 and continued through Signal. One of the meetings took place at a diner in Arlington. There, the general used notes taken while reviewing a classified report to verbally convey to a journalist information about American aid to Ukraine.

The Pentagon's chief military planner leaked classified information about Ukraine and Iran to journalists, Axios writes. US Army Lt. Gen. Brett Silvia passed classified information to two journalists from different publications for about a year. The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, fired him this week on the grounds of alleged wrongdoing. According to an inside report, Sylvia confessed to leaking the videotapes after failing a polygraph test four times. Communication with journalists began in June 2025 and continued through Signal. One of the meetings took place at a diner in Arlington. There, the general used notes taken while reviewing a classified report to verbally convey to a journalist information about American aid to Ukraine.