Fired General Admitted to Classified Iran and Ukraine Leaks, Anonymously Attacking Pentagon Leadership
Fired Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, who served as director of the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly admitted to leaking classified information, according to the Pentagon’s internal investigation.
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Sylvia was fired from the Joint Chiefs of Staff this week for “severe misconduct,” including leaking classified information on the Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars, a Department of War official said.
He was also criminally referred to the Department of Justice, as an investigation into his leaks remains ongoing.
Now, Axios is reporting that, according to the Pentagon’s records from an internal investigation, Sylvia even admitted to leaking classified information about the wars to at least two reporters from different outlets over one year beginning as early as June 2025.
Sylvia “was cooperative with answering questions about interactions with the media to resolve this, and provided his personal phone for a forensics examination,” according to the report.
During one of his meetings at a diner in Arlington, Virginia, Sylvia “relied on notes he took while reviewing a classified secret report to orally give redacted on U.S. assistance to Ukraine,” while meeting with a reporter who had his Pentagon access revoked. Sylvia “did not coordinate these meetings with [the Pentagon’s Public Affairs Office], or seek to have the information reviewed before providing it to the reporter,” according to the report.