Pentagon cracking down on technology leakers.

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* The crackdown on unauthorized transfers of U.S. military technology is gaining strength, and it will continue to intensify, warns the Defense Department inspector general in its latest semiannual report to Congress.

The "technology protection program" has become the fastest growing arm of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the IG says. Investigations under this program involve the transfer of weapons technology and other...