This front-page Washington Post story on Iran is an anonymous-source “exclusive.” It rests on “people familiar with a recent assessment,” not named officers, not a declassified document, not on-the-record testimony.
— Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) August 30, 2026
What the piece claims is that after six months of on-and-off… pic.twitter.com/seRzm1uv8x
I said whoever LEAKED it, Josh. You do get that a government official leaking classified information to the press is committing a crime, right? https://t.co/tsQuMq7dgw
— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) August 31, 2026
🔴 The Pentagon has confirmed a leak of highly classified assessments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's orders book:
— Open Source Intelligence (@osint42) August 30, 2026
• The Department of War states that leaking such information is a crime.
• Calls for purging and prosecuting the leaker have been made.…
Would love to see Team Trump/Hegseth file suit against WaPo for the Discovery and for the Streisand Effect.
— Marshall Power Locke (@MarshallLocke) August 31, 2026
Hegseth flunkies @KurtSchlichter @RobManess @DataRepublican @CynicalPublius should get out their checkbooks, call their lawyers, and prepare to be subpoenaed. https://t.co/pA1qG2eXzy
🚨PENTAGON LEAK. CLASSIFIED. JUST DROPPED. IT’S HIGH TREASON.
— CONSTITUTION X 🇺🇸 (@ConstitustionX) August 30, 2026
Highly classified pages from SecWar Pete Hegseth’s orders book just hit the press.
Sean Parnell said it straight: this is a crime. A betrayal of the force. And raw Trump/Pete Derangement Syndrome.
They would rather… pic.twitter.com/szJ1rZhX8m
This Washington Post Piece on Hegseth Is Arguably Treasonous https://t.co/Dhu4GuVo86
— Esteban Ramón (@realdonesteban) August 31, 2026
At the end of the day, WaPo will go ahead and publish classified info. Then their “journalists” will just take a leisurely Sunday evening at the “ballfield” like nothing happened.
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) August 30, 2026
Meanwhile, the one you love in harms way, is in dire straits due to their reporting.
Unreal. https://t.co/jdNmDajzlq
This article is journalistic misconduct at the highest level. It endangers deployed service members, discourages candidness by commanders, and further divides the military from elected and appointed civilian leaders. Those behind the leak and report must be held accountable. https://t.co/ls2t6L4ftr
— Luke Bijelic (@Luke4NJ) August 30, 2026
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