https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/09/pentagon-investigation-media-leaks-russia-bounty-355360
Defense Secretary Mark Esper told
lawmakers on Thursday he has launched an investigation into leaks across
the Pentagon, in response to a series of "bad" disclosures of sensitive
information to the news media over the past year and amid reports that
Russians paid militants in Afghanistan to kill U.S. troops.
"We are aggressively pursuing leaks
within the Defense Department," Esper told the House Armed Services
Committee during a hearing about the military's role in civil law
enforcement, adding that leaks are a problem across the U.S. government.
"It's bad and it's unlawful and it needs to stop."
In
response to additional questioning later, Esper acknowledged that he was
in fact briefed on intelligence reports that Russia made "payments" to
militants to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
Esper
added that the intelligence reports on the bounty program was not
produced by the Defense Department, and defense intelligence agencies
have been unable to corroborate them.
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