Pentagon officials believe an American to be behind the leaks since the documents available online ‘were only in US hands.’ But the DOJ doesn’t want to rule out pro-Russian elements|mariordo59|CC BY-SA 2.0
The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an investigation into reports of a leak of highly classified intelligence documents from the Pentagon.
The documents were published on Telegram, Twitter and 4chan recently and on Discord in early March.
The leak is considered one of the most serious national security breaches since WikiLeaks in 2013, which exposed more than 700,000 US intelligence documents, videos and diplomatic cables.
Pentagon officials believe an American to be behind the leaks since the documents available online “were only in US hands.” But the DOJ doesn’t want to rule out pro-Russian elements.
The files
The intelligence documents contain information about
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Ukraine’s military capacity, estimations of when it’ll run out of weapons and plans its counteroffensive plans.
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The US penetration into the Russian military and mercenary Wagner Group.
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How the US spies on its foes as well as allies like South Korea, Israel and Ukraine by listening in to conversations between top officials.
In an email statement, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh noted there is an interagency effort underway to assess the damage the leaked intelligence documents have caused on US national security, American allies and partners.