NYT: 50 US Joint Staff members take polygraph test over Iran war leaks

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In an extraordinary move, US government investigators have subjected 50 members of the American military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, New York Times reported.

The investigators asked military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff if they disclosed classified information to members of the press, and about whether they provided information about diminished US munitions stocks, the report said.

NYT reported that polygraph tests were conducted in August after media reports detailed diminished stocks of crucial munitions, including of long-range missiles and Patriot interceptors.

In a statement to the newspaper, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the department “does not comment on internal personnel or investigative matters but takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously and investigates accordingly.”

Leaks to journalists included how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions. (AFP)

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Iran army says US bid to weaken its Hormuz control answered 'within 15 minutes'

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Iran responded decisively to the US attempt to weaken or eliminate the Iranian forces’ control over the Strait of Hormuz, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said.

In a statement carried by IRNA, General Akraminia revealed more details about Iranian response to US strikes on Sirik Island on 30 August.

He said just 15 minutes after the strikes, the first Iranian missiles and drones were launched, targeting four US bases in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, according to IRNA.

Akraminia said the Army used Fat'h surface-to-surface missiles and Arash-2 combat drones in the operation, adding the weapons were equipped with artificial intelligence and new systems.

“This made them very difficult for the enemy to intercept, and they successfully struck their targets with ease,” he said.

"We are constantly working to modernise our equipment and had previously announced this," he said, according to IRNA.

He said Iran is using asymmetric warfare tactics and combined tactics in its operations, adding it has received very positive feedback from this approach, enabling it to hit targets with ease.

Drawing on the experience of the 12-day and 40-day wars, the Army and IRGC have entered this conflict “with greater readiness, motivation and confidence”, General Akraminia said.

Akraminia said Iran's military doctrine has gradually shifted toward preemptive operations since the 12-day war, “based on available reasoning, which is also permissible under the UN Charter”.

He said attacks on US bases in Jordan, Syria and Iraq's Kurdistan region were among Iran's preemptive operations. "This will continue. Whenever we sense a threat, we will carry out preemptive operations within the framework of international law to defend our rights," he said.

The spokesman added that given the facilitation of missile and drone routes toward the occupied territories, any “aggression by the Zionist regime would certainly be targeted more easily, faster, and more decisively than before”, IRNA reported.

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Report: Iran increasingly confident in its military strength, may be considering major escalation

US intelligence assessments indicate Tehran is prepared to prolong the conflict for months and sees little reason to reach an agreement with Washington.

Iran has grown more confident in its ability to strike targets across the Middle East and appears determined to prolong the conflict for months to frustrate the United States, The New York Times reported, citing recent U.S. intelligence assessments.

Although the latest exchanges have so far remained limited, the assessments indicate that Iran’s hard-line leadership may be contemplating a significant escalation, according to people who reviewed them.

After months of intermittent fighting, Tehran has developed a better understanding of its military strengths and become increasingly assured of its capabilities, officials briefed on the intelligence said.

Current and former officials said the assessments also suggested that a comprehensive agreement to end the war would be difficult to reach. Tehran has shown few signs that it is prepared to strike a deal with Washington and may seek to exacerbate President Donald Trump’s political difficulties ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

U.S. officials believe Iran could repeat actions it carried out in July, when it attacked American bases in the Middle East, killing three Americans in Jordan, targeted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and struck infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.

Washington also believes Iran-linked hackers were likely responsible for cyberattacks on more than 100 U.S. water systems in late July. The incidents did not make drinking water unsafe but caused disruptions requiring manual intervention and, in some cases, precautionary boil-water advisories. The hackers have also shown interest in U.S. oil and gas infrastructure, though it remains unclear whether any energy systems have been breached.

>>25008086

Odd, Anon was pondering this very thing a couple of months ago. Can imagine the REEE at the mentioning of the idea. Heads would explode…

>>25008094

Dude, you got a connection, Dig Anon, dig!

>>25008116

Farmer Brown, yer goat is awaiting in the barn.

Are we continuing a roleplay or story?

Do you need real-world advice on goat care, feeding, or breeding?

>>25008145

Yer wife/cousin called and said your all's double wide is infested with rats. She you'n aint wurth a $41T at nuthin and if Anon could fix her up she'd fix Anon up for 6 weeks. Tolt her she's finna and all that but having relations with Anon's daughter in law/niece is out of the question.

Son, could you put down the PS3 controller and solve yer problem?

>>25008150

This Scottish Dad Is Dragged Out Of His Home By Police In Front Of His Family For The Heinous Crime Of Calling One Of Them A Clown.

A Scottish father was filmed being taken from his home in front of his family after, it is claimed, he used one of the mildest insults in the English language.

Ring doorbell footage circulating online, dated 1 September, shows officers in high-vis vests on a suburban path. A man in glasses and a striped jumper appears at the door. Officers move in. The clip, shared by campaigner Tommy Robinson, is presented as an arrest over the word “clown”.If that account is accurate, Britain has reached a new low.

Not a threat. Not a punch. Not a weapon. A word children use in the playground.

Police Scotland have not, at the time of writing, issued a public statement confirming the charge or the exact reason for the visit. That silence will not quiet the outrage. The pictures do the talking: officers at a family home, a man removed from his own threshold, and a nation asking how we got here.

Britain already has a record of treating speech as a police matter. Online posts have led to dawn knocks. “Non-crime hate incidents” have been logged against people who made jokes. Officers have been filmed warning citizens that their opinions might cause “alarm”. The Public Order Act and similar powers give wide discretion when language is deemed abusive. The question is whether “clown” now sits inside that net.

If a police officer’s feelings are enough to justify dragging a man from his hallway, the threshold has collapsed. Insults toward officers can be ugly. They are not automatically a crime. A free country distinguishes between a rude remark and a breach of the peace. This footage, if the claim holds, suggests that distinction is being erased.

Vidmax has long warned that Britain is sleepwalking into a two-tier speech regime: robust language punished when it offends the right people, shrugged off when it does not. Doorstep arrests for “hurty words” are how that regime looks in practice.

Free speech is not dead because one clip went viral. It dies when ordinary people watch that clip and decide it is safer to stay silent. That is the real danger, not one officer’s thin skin, but a culture that treats a policeman’s dignity as more precious than a citizen’s right to mock him.

What next? “Idiot”? “Plonker”? A raised eyebrow?

Until police explain, on the record, why they were at that door, the public is entitled to treat this as exactly what it looks like: the state arriving at a family home over a word. That should shame every officer who still remembers what the job used to be.

>>25008200

>>25008063

The New York Times

A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/iran-war-intelligence-reports.html

NYT article is behind paywall that Anon isn't paying for; it does link to original content.

BS or not, NYT (Kek) did write the article.

>>25008233

Anon is having a convo with a tard. Additionally, isn't qualified to be on internet due to age limitations.

>>25008243

>>25008244

Yer date is at the door.