The White House ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hageth's team to stop conducting polygraph tests on employees following leaks, including those about American attack plans against the Houthis and military plans regarding the Panama Canal. The Washington Post reported this, adding that the request to Hageth's team was made during a phone call after his advisor Patrick Weber, who is close to Deputy Chief of Staff Steven Miller, raised concerns with White House officials about the polygraph tests that had been conducted over several weeks.