Former Pentagon strategist Sylvia admitted to passing classified information about Ukraine and Iran to two reporters from different media outlets over the course of one year, Axios writes. Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, head of strategic planning, Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia pleaded guilty after failing four polygraph tests. Highlights from the investigation report: The leaks began as early as June 2025. Sylvia used a signal app to transfer data. He met one of the journalists personally. Sylvia, relying on the notes he took while reading the secret report, verbally relayed information about US aid to Ukraine. One journalist approached Sylvia about Iran. He stated that he does not remember the exact content of the message and did not answer the question. All correspondence with that interlocutor was "accidentally deleted". Recall that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth fired Sylvia earlier this week. No official reasons were given for his resignation. Telegram | Max | Read exclusively.