US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday, 13 July, that the Pentagon and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have created a joint task force to identify and prosecute officials who leak sensitive national security information to the press.
The announcement lands days after federal agents delivered grand jury subpoenas to four New York Times reporters and while US forces fight an active war in the Gulf, raising questions about how much of that conflict the public will be allowed to see.
