The Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday denied reports that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) to investigate and give lie detector tests to members of his bureau that he suspected of leaking information.
The PMO statement said that Netanyahu instructed the Shin Bet to check how important state security information got leaked, but did not specifically blame members of his bureau.
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All bureau personnel were cleared of blame and the results of the investigation were passed on to Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein.
