New reporting from The Wall Street Journal suggests Corey Lewandowski used his role at the Department of Homeland Security to personally profit. A representative for Lewandowski denied he had “sought contracts with foreign governments,” and said he played no role in contract review or approval at the department. Lewandowski's representative also said he hadn’t been contacted about any investigation into contracting at DHS. MS NOW Senior Political Analyst Alex Wagner and Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman join Katy Tur with their reaction.
Julia Curlee brings stories of a remarkable career, recounting her time as a CIA analyst and as an intelligence briefer for Vice President Mike Pence. She begins, however, by talking about the most “unremarkable” aspects of her tenure: up until she was fired in 2025 by the Trump administration for being transgender, Curlee recalls a tolerant government and a good working relationship with Pence. The former Vice President “used the intelligence community the way it was designed,” she tells Nicolle, as opposed to some current intelligence personnel who concern themselves only with “providing the president with information that he wants to hear.” She points to this shift as one of many examples of how the second Trump term is…
The New York Times reports the Pentagon has given polygraph tests to joint staff members amid an investigation into media leaks. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a member of both the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, says Congress has not been briefed on this. Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Michael Feinberg and Charlie Sykes, Author of "To the Contrary" on Substack, join Erielle Reshef to share their thoughts.
President Trump says the conflict with Iran is "small potatoes" and not a big thing. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is issuing polygraph tests to staff members amid an investigation into leaks to the media. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Jack Jacobs, New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and Staff Writer for The New Yorker Susan Glasser join Peter Alexander with their analysis.
Dozens of top U.S. military leaders faced polygraph examinations this summer as the Pentagon intensified its hunt for those behind leaks of classified information on American weapons reserves, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from some officials caught in the probe. Earlier this summer, several dozen U.S. military and civilian officials, including personnel from […] The post Senior military officials subjected to polygraph tests in Pentagon leaks investigation, sources reveal appeared first on American Almanac .
Dozens of top U.S. military leaders faced polygraph examinations this summer as the Pentagon intensified its hunt for those behind leaks of classified information on American weapons reserves, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from some officials caught in the probe. Earlier this summer, several dozen U.S. military and civilian officials, including personnel from U.S. Central Command and other combatant commands, were ordered to take polygraph tests as part of an expanding national security leak investigation. The Pentagon’s extraordinary step targeted those with access to some of the nation’s most sensitive defense secrets, as officials sought to identify the source of leaks about U.S. weapons stockpiles and other classified…Open
