India, Oct. 30 -- US Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, who was dismissed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week, admitted to sharing classified information about Iran and Ukraine with two journalists over a period of roughly one year, according to an internal Pentagon investigation report by Axios.

The report accused Sylvia, the Pentagon's top military planner, of making unauthorized disclosures to the media beginning as early as June 2025. A US official told Axios that Sylvia acknowledged the disclosures on video after failing four polygraph tests during the investigation.

The findings said the general cooperated with investigators, answered questions about his interactions with journalists and provided his personal phone for a forensic...