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Pentagon Confirms Jennica Pounds Secretly Became Special Employee

8/27/2026

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U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Jennica Pounds secretly served as a Special Government Employee beginning July.
Pounds kept her Pentagon press corps credentials through June without disclosing the new government role.
Pounds accused State Department Undersecretary Sarah Rogers of trying to entrap her into leaking classified Cuba documents.
Rogers said the documents contained FOIA redactions and she would release them herself to prove no trap.

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U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Jennica Pounds secretly served as a Special Government Employee beginning July.
Pounds kept her Pentagon press corps credentials through June without disclosing the new government role.
Pounds accused State Department Undersecretary Sarah Rogers of trying to entrap her into leaking classified Cuba documents.
Rogers said the documents contained FOIA redactions and she would release them herself to prove no trap.