US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said leaking sensitive information constitutes a betrayal of soldiers, as the Pentagon and the Justice Department announced the establishment of a joint task force to locate and prosecute leakers, according to Channel 14.
Channel 14 reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said leaking sensitive information is a betrayal of soldiers, as the Pentagon and the Justice Department established a joint task force to prosecute leakers. The report echoes an earlier announcement covered by The Zioneer at 19:09 Jerusalem time, now attributed to a specific Israeli media outlet.
The task force is intended to locate and prosecute individuals leaking classified information from the defense and public service sectors, according to the report. Hegseth's statement frames the crackdown as a matter of national security and loyalty to troops.
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