Military slow-rolled news of jet fuel leak at base near Washington

The Pentagon knew that Joint Base Andrews, an Air Force base just 10 miles southeast of Washington D.C., was leaking jet fuel as early as December, when the base’s fuel system failed a leak safety test. But Pentagon officials didn't tell Maryland that the base was leaking jet fuel until late March when someone on base saw oil in a nearby freshwater creek, reports NOTUS. Even after the initial call, the Pentagon withheld information about a second leak until two weeks later. “The base failed to p...