Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia reportedly admitted sharing classified information with journalists and struggled with multiple polygraph tests
The Pentagon’s former top military planner allegedly leaked classified information about Iran and Ukraine to journalists, Axios reported on Thursday, citing an internal investigation.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Staff earlier this week. Without mentioning Sylvia by name, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on Thursday that the department had “zero tolerance for the intentional, unauthorized disclosure of classified information.” He added that the Pentagon “took necessary personnel action to protect sensitive information.”
According to Axios, Sylvia admitted to leaking information as early as June 2025, before most media outlets were barred from the Pentagon. He allegedly continued communicating with reporters through the encrypted messaging app Signal and once met a journalist at a diner to discuss military aid to Ukraine without authorization.
“He had trouble passing multiple polygraph interviews,” the report said, according to Axios.
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