The Department of War and the Department of Justice have launched a joint task force to investigate and prosecute anyone involved in leaking sensitive information to the media, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on July 13.
“Access to confidential and secret information is a sacred trust,” Hegseth said in a video posted on X. “And those who betray that trust will be met with the full force of the law.”
The Trump administration’s crackdown on leaks comes days after the DOJ issued subpoenas to New York Times journalists after they published a story on July 9 stating that Secret Service agents urged President Donald Trump to use the old Air Force One to leave Turkey after the NATO summit as a security measure….
War Department, DOJ Create Task Force to Prosecute Leakers
