华盛顿——五角大楼周三晚间指控一名刚被解职的三星上将，称其在官员确认其被免去高级军事规划职务几小时后，向媒体泄露敏感信息。
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post.
国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯已解除陆军中将布雷特·西尔维亚的联合参谋部参谋长战略、计划与政策部主任职务，一名国防官员周三晚间表示。通常，担任该职务的将军及其工作人员负责为联合参谋部主席和总统制定和协调军事计划。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a defense official said late Wednesday. Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans for both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president.
未给出解职原因。这是赫格塞斯任内军事领导人被解职或离职系列事件中的最新一起。然而，一名未获授权公开评论、并以匿名条件发表声明的五角大楼官员稍后表示，西尔维亚因涉嫌向记者泄露有关伊朗战争、俄乌冲突及其他话题的机密信息而正在接受调查。
No reason was given for the firing, the latest in a series of ousters or departures of military leaders under Hegseth. However, a Pentagon official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, later said in a statement that Sylvia was under investigation over allegations of sharing classified information about the Iran war , the Russia-Ukraine conflict and other topics with journalists.
声明称，西尔维亚在关于泄露机密信息的三次测谎测试中均未通过。
The statement claims that Sylvia failed three polygraph tests about leaking classified information.
五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔在社交媒体帖子中表示，该部门“采取了必要的人事行动以保护敏感信息”，但未点名西尔维亚。他说，此事已移交司法部，以进行“潜在的进一步法律行动”。目前不清楚为何五角大楼似乎在民事法院追究指控，而非在军事司法体系中审判这名将军。
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a social media post that the department “took necessary personnel action to protect sensitive information” without mentioning Sylvia by name. He said the matter has been sent to the Justice Department for “potential further legal action.”It is not clear why the Pentagon would appear to be pursuing charges in civilian courts instead of trying the general in the military justice system.
西尔维亚未立即回复发往其看似本人账号和号码的语音留言、短信、电子邮件及领英消息。
Sylvia did not immediately respond to a voicemail, text messages, emails and a LinkedIn message on accounts and numbers that appear to belong to him.
周四，记者就西尔维亚被解职一事向总统唐纳德·特朗普提问，特朗普说：“她将面临大麻烦，”错误地将这名男性将军称为女性。“我们正在大力寻找泄密者，”特朗普说。
When asked about Sylvia’s firing by reporters Thursday, President Donald Trump said, “She’s gonna have big problems,” incorrectly identifying the male general as a woman. “We’re very much looking for leakers,” Trump said.
参谋长联席会议周四还撤回了前一天发布的一条祝贺西尔维亚的声明，称“经进一步审查，我们确定该声明未能恰当反映全部情况”。
In a confusing twist, the Joint Staff on Thursday also withdrew a statement from a day earlier that wished Sylvia well because “upon further review, we determined that the statement did not appropriately reflect the full circumstances.”
一名发言人周三晚些时候表示，参谋长联席会议向布雷特·西尔维亚中将及其家人致以“最深切的感谢，感谢他们为国家服务32年”。西尔维亚被解除五角大楼最高军事规划职务一事，发生在特朗普考虑在下周中期选举后对伊朗发动新一轮打击之际。这场战争已持续八个月。然而，一名五角大楼官员坚称，西尔维亚并非伊朗冲突的“核心规划者”，这属于美国中央司令部的职责范围。
A spokesperson late Wednesday had said the Joint Staff extended its “deepest gratitude to Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia and his family for their 32 years of distinguished service to our nation.”The firing of Sylvia from the Pentagon’s top military planning post comes as Trump weighs renewed strikes on Iran in the eight-month-long war following next week’s midterm elections. The Pentagon official, however, insisted Sylvia was not a “central planner” on the Iran conflict and said that was the purview of U.S. Central Command.
根据现已下线的官方简历，西尔维亚在加入参谋长联席会议之前，曾担任肯塔基州坎贝尔堡第101空降师师长，直至2025年5月。他此前还担任他最近领导的办公室的副主任。
Before arriving at the Joint Staff, Sylvia served as commander of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, until May 2025, according to his official biography, which has now been taken offline. He also previously served as the vice director for the office he recently led.
他的军事荣誉包括六枚铜星勋章，其中一枚为英勇勋章，以及一枚紫心勋章，表明他在战斗中受伤。
His military awards include six Bronze Star Medals, including one for valor, and a Purple Heart, indicating he was wounded in combat.
西尔维亚的案例是赫格塞斯最近一次指责五角大楼高级官员向媒体泄露信息。去年，他解雇了自己核心圈子中的三名助手，作为更广泛泄密调查的一部分，该调查包括测谎测试。
Sylvia’s case is Hegseth’s latest accusation against top Pentagon officials of leaking to the media. He fired three aides from his inner circle last year as part of a broader leak investigation that included polygraph tests.
由高级助手丹·考德威尔分享的一份联合声明中，这三人抗议解雇决定，并表示他们“对国防部工作结束的方式感到极度失望。未具名的五角大楼官员在我们离职之际，以毫无根据的攻击诋毁我们的人品。”赫格塞斯从未提供更多关于这三人被指控的信息，而考德威尔后来被国家情报总监办公室聘用。
In a joint statement shared by senior aide Dan Caldwell , the trio protested the firing and said they were “incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our service at the Department of Defense ended. Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.”Hegseth never provided more information on what the three were accused of, and Caldwell would go on to be hired by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
在赫格塞斯领导下，五角大楼还采取了一系列限制媒体进入的措施，包括要求记者在五角大楼内必须有人陪同，并宣布其新闻办公室为机密场所，记者不得进入。
Under Hegseth, the Pentagon also has carried out a series of moves restricting media access , including requiring that journalists be escorted while on Pentagon grounds and declaring that its press office was a classified space inaccessible to journalists.