In the shadow of an active conflict with Iran, the Trump administration has turned inward, subjecting fifty members of the Joint Staff to polygraph examinations over classified disclosures about critical munitions shortages. The leak — reaching journalists at a moment of military strain — exposed vulnerabilities the administration considers too dangerous to leave in public view. Even as it moves to seal the breach from within, the president has renewed threats of imminent strikes against Iranian targets, revealing a government simultaneously managing operational limits and projecting martial r